Work & commute · River Road

Work & commute in River Road, NC

Most working residents leave River Road for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (24%), Greenville (14%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,676 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,624 River Road residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 207 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Road.

1,624live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

207work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Road goes to work

Washington5.2 mi away

24%403

Greenville22.6 mi away

14%229

River Road (in town)right here

3%52

Raleigh95.5 mi away

3%50

New Bern29.1 mi away

2%30

Charlotte217.6 mi away

2%26

Rocky Mount56 mi away

1%24

Wilson55.2 mi away

1%24

Tarboro42.1 mi away

1%18

Kinston37.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%803

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

How far

How far River Road commutes

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

36%

24%

13%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Road is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in River Road are

259 jobs are based in River Road. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Road’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Road

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs River Road residents hold

1,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+24%

Jobs based in River Road, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 259. 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.