Work & commute · Siler

Work & commute in Siler, NC

Most working residents leave Siler for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (6%), Chapel Hill (4%) and Sanford (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

429 of 2,492 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,063 Siler residents head out of town to work, 429 work right here, and 3,179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Siler.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

429live and work here

3,179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Siler goes to work

Siler City (in town)right here

17%429

Raleigh46.7 mi away

6%156

Chapel Hill27.5 mi away

4%112

Sanford22.8 mi away

4%111

Pittsboro17.1 mi away

4%109

Charlotte84.9 mi away

4%104

Greensboro32.4 mi away

4%93

Durham36.1 mi away

4%88

Asheboro19.2 mi away

3%80

Cary36.1 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,151

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

How far

How far Siler commutes

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

24%

26%

30%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Siler is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Siler are

3,608 jobs are based in Siler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Siler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Siler

3,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Siler residents hold

2,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+17%

Jobs based in Siler, 2013 → 2023: 3,078 → 3,608. 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.