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Work & commute · Silver Lake

Work & commute in Silver Lake, NC

Most working residents leave Silver Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (45%), Raleigh (3%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
52 of 2,720 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,668 Silver Lake residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Lake.

2,668live here, work elsewhere
52live and work here
534work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Silver Lake goes to work

Carolina BeachLelandCharlotteWilmingtonRaleighSilver LakeKings GrantPorters NeckMyrtle GroveMurraysvilleWrightsboroWilmingtonRaleighCharlotteMyrtle GroveLelandCarolina BeachPorters NeckKings GrantMurraysvilleSilver Lake
1
Wilmington4.8 mi away
45%1,223
2
Raleigh123.9 mi away
3%94
3
Charlotte181.6 mi away
3%70
4
Myrtle Grove1.6 mi away
3%69
5
Leland9.1 mi away
2%53
6
Carolina Beach7 mi away
2%52
7
Silver Lake (in town)right here
2%52
8
Porters Neck13.1 mi away
1%40
9
Kings Grant9 mi away
1%35
10
Murraysville11 mi away
1%33
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%999

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

How far

How far Silver Lake commutes

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

61%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Lake is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Lake are

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

Jobs based in Silver Lake

586 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Silver Lake residents hold

2,720 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+33%

Jobs based in Silver Lake, 2013 → 2023: 442 → 586. 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.

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