Work & commute · Plymouth

Work & commute in Plymouth, NC

About one in 5 of Plymouth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (5%), Edenton (3%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

219 of 1,082 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 863 Plymouth residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 1,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plymouth.

863live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

1,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plymouth goes to work

Plymouth (in town)right here

20%219

Greenville39.5 mi away

5%52

Edenton16.1 mi away

3%36

Washington26.4 mi away

3%30

Williamston17.8 mi away

2%27

Raleigh106 mi away

2%25

Virginia Beach, VA75.2 mi away

2%20

Windsor14.2 mi away

1%15

Chesapeake, VA61.9 mi away

1%15

Norfolk, VA78.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%629

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Plymouth commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

15%

23%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plymouth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plymouth are

1,254 jobs are based in Plymouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plymouth

1,254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Plymouth residents hold

1,082 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−31%

Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 1,807 → 1,254. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.