Work & commute · Rocky Point

Work & commute in Rocky Point, NC

Most working residents leave Rocky Point for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (31%), Burgaw (5%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 497 Rocky Point residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Point.

497live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Point goes to work

Wilmington16.2 mi away

31%154

Burgaw7.6 mi away

5%27

Raleigh104.8 mi away

4%18

Charlotte174.9 mi away

3%16

Durham120.3 mi away

2%10

Jacksonville34.5 mi away

2%9

Kings Grant12.4 mi away

2%9

Cary106.4 mi away

2%8

Fayetteville75.6 mi away

2%8

Blue Clay Farms10.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%235

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

How far

How far Rocky Point commutes

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

12%

49%

32%

12%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Point are

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

Jobs based in Rocky Point

606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Rocky Point residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+32%

Jobs based in Rocky Point, 2013 → 2023: 460 → 606. 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.