Work & commute · South Henderson

Work & commute in South Henderson, NC

Most working residents leave South Henderson for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (13%), Henderson (12%) and Durham (8%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 453 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 452 South Henderson residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Henderson.

452live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Henderson goes to work

Raleigh35.1 mi away

13%60

Henderson1.6 mi away

12%56

Durham35.5 mi away

8%35

Oxford10.2 mi away

6%28

Charlotte155.6 mi away

2%11

Greensboro80.3 mi away

2%9

Butner22 mi away

2%8

Burlington61.3 mi away

1%6

Warrenton15.3 mi away

1%5

Garner44 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%230

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

How far

How far South Henderson commutes

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

30%

15%

33%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Henderson is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Henderson are

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

Jobs based in South Henderson

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs South Henderson residents hold

453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−87%

Jobs based in South Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 967 → 128. 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.