Work & commute · Saxapahaw

Work & commute in Saxapahaw, NC

Most working residents leave Saxapahaw for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (15%), Chapel Hill (11%) and Durham (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 731 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 730 Saxapahaw residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saxapahaw.

730live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saxapahaw goes to work

Burlington11.7 mi away

15%106

Chapel Hill15.6 mi away

11%80

Durham23.4 mi away

9%65

Greensboro29.8 mi away

7%54

Mebane8.6 mi away

5%39

Raleigh38.8 mi away

4%32

Graham7.8 mi away

4%30

Charlotte99.7 mi away

3%24

Winston-Salem53.7 mi away

2%18

Swepsonville5.3 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%267

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

How far

How far Saxapahaw commutes

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

18%

45%

21%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saxapahaw is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saxapahaw are

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

Jobs based in Saxapahaw

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Saxapahaw residents hold

731 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+18%

Jobs based in Saxapahaw, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 172. 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.