Work & commute · Rockfish

Work & commute in Rockfish, NC

Most working residents leave Rockfish for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (31%), Raeford (6%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,030 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,017 Rockfish residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockfish.

1,017live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockfish goes to work

Fayetteville8.3 mi away

31%321

Raeford9 mi away

6%58

Raleigh62.9 mi away

4%41

Lumberton25 mi away

3%26

Charlotte100.7 mi away

2%24

Pinehurst26.5 mi away

2%22

Hope Mills6.4 mi away

2%20

Durham68.9 mi away

1%13

Rockfish (in town)right here

1%13

Southern Pines23.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%480

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

How far

How far Rockfish commutes

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

33%

28%

30%

33%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockfish is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockfish are

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

Jobs based in Rockfish

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Rockfish residents hold

1,030 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−8%

Jobs based in Rockfish, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 135. 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.