Work & commute · Wade

Work & commute in Wade, NC

Most working residents leave Wade for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fayetteville (44%), Raleigh (5%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 192 Wade residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wade.

192live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wade goes to work

Fayetteville14.4 mi away

44%85

Raleigh46.5 mi away

5%9

Charlotte118.1 mi away

3%6

Dunn12.5 mi away

3%5

Durham57 mi away

2%3

Eastover5.4 mi away

1%2

Lumberton40.1 mi away

1%2

Spring Lake14.5 mi away

1%2

Holly Springs34.2 mi away

1%2

Sanford33.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%75

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

How far

How far Wade commutes

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

11%

56%

16%

17%

11%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wade is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wade are

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

Jobs based in Wade

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Wade residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+16%

Jobs based in Wade, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 87. 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.