Work & commute · Vander

Work & commute in Vander, NC

Most working residents leave Vander for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (41%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 490 Vander residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vander.

490live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vander goes to work

Fayetteville11 mi away

41%204

Raleigh55.7 mi away

4%20

Charlotte116.1 mi away

4%19

Wilmington76.7 mi away

2%12

Lumberton30.8 mi away

2%10

Hope Mills10.7 mi away

2%8

Eastover4.2 mi away

1%7

Durham65.5 mi away

1%6

Stedman5.2 mi away

1%5

Greensboro93.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%199

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

How far

How far Vander commutes

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

46%

18%

10%

27%

46%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vander is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vander are

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

Jobs based in Vander

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Vander residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Vander, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 362. 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.