Work & commute · St. Helena

Work & commute in St. Helena, NC

Most working residents leave St. Helena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (24%), Burgaw (14%) and Fayetteville (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 195 St. Helena residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Helena.

195live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Helena goes to work

Wilmington21.3 mi away

24%47

Burgaw2.4 mi away

14%27

Fayetteville71.5 mi away

4%7

Wallace15.8 mi away

2%4

Charlotte172 mi away

2%4

Jacksonville33.2 mi away

2%4

Wrightsboro15.6 mi away

2%4

Raleigh99.6 mi away

2%3

Blue Clay Farms15.1 mi away

2%3

Hillsborough126.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%91

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

How far

How far St. Helena commutes

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

18%

41%

10%

30%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Helena is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Helena are

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

Jobs based in St. Helena

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs St. Helena residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+35%

Jobs based in St. Helena, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 81. 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.