Work & commute · Roxboro

Work & commute in Roxboro, NC

Most working residents leave Roxboro for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Durham (19%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

550 of 3,119 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,569 Roxboro residents head out of town to work, 550 work right here, and 5,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxboro.

2,569live here, work elsewhere

550live and work here

5,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roxboro goes to work

Durham28.8 mi away

19%608

Roxboro (in town)right here

18%550

Raleigh42.9 mi away

4%122

Charlotte132 mi away

3%101

Greensboro51.3 mi away

3%99

Winston-Salem74.1 mi away

3%93

Chapel Hill32.1 mi away

2%60

Burlington34.8 mi away

2%49

Mebane27 mi away

1%45

Danville, VA27.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,358

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

How far

How far Roxboro commutes

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

29%

13%

34%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roxboro is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxboro are

5,794 jobs are based in Roxboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roxboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roxboro

5,794 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Roxboro residents hold

3,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Roxboro, 2013 → 2023: 6,300 → 5,794. 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.