Work & commute · Swepsonville

Work & commute in Swepsonville, NC

Most working residents leave Swepsonville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (15%), Chapel Hill (13%) and Durham (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,098 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,065 Swepsonville residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 2,170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swepsonville.

1,065live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

2,170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swepsonville goes to work

Burlington7.1 mi away

15%165

Chapel Hill18.9 mi away

13%142

Durham25.8 mi away

10%109

Mebane5.6 mi away

8%84

Greensboro26.6 mi away

5%60

Graham2.7 mi away

5%52

Raleigh42.2 mi away

4%44

Swepsonville (in town)right here

3%33

Charlotte100.5 mi away

3%28

Hillsborough14.7 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%355

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

How far

How far Swepsonville commutes

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

34%

31%

21%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swepsonville is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Swepsonville are

2,203 jobs are based in Swepsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swepsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swepsonville

2,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Swepsonville residents hold

1,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+141%

Jobs based in Swepsonville, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 2,203. 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.