Work & commute · Raeford

Work & commute in Raeford, NC

About one in 5 of Raeford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (14%), Raleigh (4%) and Pinehurst (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

318 of 1,571 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,253 Raeford residents head out of town to work, 318 work right here, and 3,942 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Raeford.

1,253live here, work elsewhere

318live and work here

3,942work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Raeford goes to work

Raeford (in town)right here

20%318

Fayetteville16.1 mi away

14%214

Raleigh67.5 mi away

4%57

Pinehurst19.9 mi away

4%55

Southern Pines17.7 mi away

3%43

Charlotte91.9 mi away

3%40

Aberdeen15.7 mi away

2%39

Lumberton27 mi away

2%24

Sanford35.5 mi away

2%24

Lumber Bridge10.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%739

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

How far

How far Raeford commutes

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

27%

35%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Raeford is a job hub

2.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Raeford are

4,260 jobs are based in Raeford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Raeford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Raeford

4,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Raeford residents hold

1,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Raeford, 2013 → 2023: 4,863 → 4,260. 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.