Work & commute · Tarboro

Work & commute in Tarboro, NC

About one in 4 of Tarboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rocky Mount (13%), Greenville (8%) and Raleigh (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

1,224 of 4,467 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,243 Tarboro residents head out of town to work, 1,224 work right here, and 5,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tarboro.

3,243live here, work elsewhere

1,224live and work here

5,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tarboro goes to work

Tarboro (in town)right here

27%1,224

Rocky Mount14.7 mi away

13%576

Greenville23.6 mi away

8%339

Raleigh60.9 mi away

7%329

Wilson24.1 mi away

3%143

Charlotte190.2 mi away

2%84

Durham75.2 mi away

2%80

Cary71.5 mi away

1%45

Goldsboro43.2 mi away

1%44

Greensboro127.4 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,562

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

How far

How far Tarboro commutes

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

31%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tarboro is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tarboro are

6,772 jobs are based in Tarboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tarboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tarboro

6,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Tarboro residents hold

4,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−13%

Jobs based in Tarboro, 2013 → 2023: 7,799 → 6,772. 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.