Work & commute · Rich Square

Work & commute in Rich Square, NC

Most working residents leave Rich Square for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (4%), Ahoskie (4%) and Greenville (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 271 Rich Square residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rich Square.

271live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rich Square goes to work

Rich Square (in town)right here

8%25

Raleigh81.7 mi away

4%13

Ahoskie16.4 mi away

4%12

Greenville47.1 mi away

3%10

Roanoke Rapids23.5 mi away

3%9

Winton21 mi away

3%8

Severn17.4 mi away

2%7

Rocky Mount36.1 mi away

2%7

Jackson11 mi away

2%6

Durham92.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

65%193

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

How far

How far Rich Square commutes

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

13%

38%

20%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rich Square is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rich Square are

374 jobs are based in Rich Square. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rich Square’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rich Square

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Rich Square residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−28%

Jobs based in Rich Square, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 374. 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.