Work & commute · Scotland Neck

Work & commute in Scotland Neck, NC

Most working residents leave Scotland Neck for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (8%), Tarboro (6%) and Raleigh (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

71 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 477 Scotland Neck residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scotland Neck.

477live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

529work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scotland Neck goes to work

Scotland Neck (in town)right here

13%71

Rocky Mount24.3 mi away

8%44

Tarboro17.3 mi away

6%34

Raleigh71.3 mi away

5%25

Roanoke Rapids25.2 mi away

2%13

Greenville37 mi away

2%13

Ahoskie26.3 mi away

1%8

Hobgood7.4 mi away

1%6

Wilson39.7 mi away

1%6

Charlotte201.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%322

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

How far

How far Scotland Neck commutes

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

25%

33%

16%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scotland Neck is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scotland Neck are

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

Jobs based in Scotland Neck

600 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Scotland Neck residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−14%

Jobs based in Scotland Neck, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 600. 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.