Work & commute · Rowland

Work & commute in Rowland, NC

Most working residents leave Rowland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lumberton (20%), Dillon (6%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 294 Rowland residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowland.

294live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowland goes to work

Lumberton16.9 mi away

20%59

Dillon, SC8.8 mi away

6%19

Raleigh96.8 mi away

4%12

Fayetteville41.8 mi away

4%11

Little Rock, SC7.2 mi away

3%9

Fairmont10.6 mi away

3%8

Rowland (in town)right here

2%7

Laurinburg18.8 mi away

2%6

Red Springs19.7 mi away

2%5

Charlotte98.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%160

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

How far

How far Rowland commutes

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

18%

37%

13%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowland is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowland are

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

Jobs based in Rowland

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Rowland residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−33%

Jobs based in Rowland, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 126. 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.