Work & commute · Tabor

Work & commute in Tabor, NC

Most working residents leave Tabor for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Whiteville (8%), Raleigh (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

163 of 1,128 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 965 Tabor residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 1,586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tabor.

965live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

1,586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tabor goes to work

Tabor City (in town)right here

14%163

Whiteville15.6 mi away

8%85

Raleigh116.6 mi away

5%52

Charlotte133 mi away

4%42

Loris, SC6.8 mi away

4%42

Myrtle Beach, SC30.7 mi away

3%39

North Myrtle Beach, SC24.7 mi away

3%38

Wilmington56.6 mi away

3%33

Fayetteville64.3 mi away

2%27

Conway, SC24.3 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%580

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

How far

How far Tabor commutes

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

22%

17%

18%

43%

22%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tabor is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tabor are

1,749 jobs are based in Tabor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tabor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tabor

1,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Tabor residents hold

1,128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+55%

Jobs based in Tabor, 2013 → 2023: 1,125 → 1,749. 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.