Work & commute · Vass

Work & commute in Vass, NC

Most working residents leave Vass for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Southern Pines (17%), Pinehurst (13%) and Raleigh (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 344 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 338 Vass residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vass.

338live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vass goes to work

Southern Pines7.8 mi away

17%57

Pinehurst11.3 mi away

13%43

Raleigh53.9 mi away

6%19

Fayetteville21.2 mi away

5%17

Aberdeen11.9 mi away

3%12

Charlotte87.3 mi away

3%10

Carthage8.8 mi away

2%8

Sanford17.7 mi away

2%8

Vass (in town)right here

2%6

Laurinburg35.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%158

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

How far

How far Vass commutes

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

32%

26%

13%

29%

32%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vass is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vass are

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

Jobs based in Vass

605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Vass residents hold

344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+19%

Jobs based in Vass, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 605. 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.