Work & commute · Roper

Work & commute in Roper, NC

Most working residents leave Roper for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Plymouth (9%), Elizabeth City (5%) and Virginia Beach (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 148 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 145 Roper residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roper.

145live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roper goes to work

Plymouth7.5 mi away

9%13

Elizabeth City35.7 mi away

5%8

Virginia Beach, VA70.3 mi away

5%7

Edenton12.5 mi away

4%6

Raleigh113.4 mi away

4%6

Greenville46.8 mi away

3%5

Ahoskie34.9 mi away

3%4

Creswell12.2 mi away

2%3

Roper (in town)right here

2%3

Columbia21.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%90

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

How far

How far Roper commutes

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

20%

23%

22%

35%

20%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roper is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roper are

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

Jobs based in Roper

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Roper residents hold

148 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+3%

Jobs based in Roper, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 37. 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.