Work & commute · Rolesville

Work & commute in Rolesville, NC

Most working residents leave Rolesville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (36%), Durham (10%) and Wake Forest (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 4,995 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,843 Rolesville residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 1,537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rolesville.

4,843live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

1,537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rolesville goes to work

Raleigh11.5 mi away

36%1,807

Durham24.7 mi away

10%485

Wake Forest4.3 mi away

7%349

Cary22.2 mi away

6%293

Charlotte141.8 mi away

4%201

Rolesville (in town)right here

3%152

Morrisville21.7 mi away

2%114

Chapel Hill32.3 mi away

1%66

Garner17.8 mi away

1%62

Greensboro77 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,408

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

How far

How far Rolesville commutes

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

25%

48%

12%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rolesville is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rolesville are

1,689 jobs are based in Rolesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rolesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rolesville

1,689 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Rolesville residents hold

4,995 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+98%

Jobs based in Rolesville, 2013 → 2023: 855 → 1,689. 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.