Work & commute · Rockingham

Work & commute in Rockingham, NC

About one in 5 of Rockingham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hamlet (6%), Pinehurst (4%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

723 of 3,617 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,894 Rockingham residents head out of town to work, 723 work right here, and 5,151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockingham.

2,894live here, work elsewhere

723live and work here

5,151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockingham goes to work

Rockingham (in town)right here

20%723

Hamlet4.4 mi away

6%229

Pinehurst24 mi away

4%143

Charlotte63.4 mi away

3%125

Raleigh88.2 mi away

3%102

Fayetteville45.6 mi away

2%88

Southern Pines26.9 mi away

2%85

Laurinburg20.1 mi away

2%76

Cordova3.4 mi away

2%67

Greensboro80 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,916

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

How far

How far Rockingham commutes

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

39%

16%

15%

31%

39%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockingham is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockingham are

5,874 jobs are based in Rockingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockingham

5,874 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rockingham residents hold

3,617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+10%

Jobs based in Rockingham, 2013 → 2023: 5,324 → 5,874. 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.