Work & commute · Wakulla

Work & commute in Wakulla, NC

Most working residents leave Wakulla for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Laurinburg (18%), Lumberton (12%) and Fayetteville (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49 Wakulla residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wakulla.

49live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wakulla goes to work

Laurinburg12.8 mi away

18%9

Lumberton17.7 mi away

12%6

Fayetteville25.4 mi away

8%4

Greensboro95.2 mi away

4%2

Maxton6.9 mi away

2%1

Raeford12.8 mi away

2%1

Aberdeen25.4 mi away

2%1

Kinston99.7 mi away

2%1

Salisbury92.1 mi away

2%1

Monroe75.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%23

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

How far

How far Wakulla commutes

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

28%

44%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wakulla is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wakulla are

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

Jobs based in Wakulla

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wakulla residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+960%

Jobs based in Wakulla, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 53. 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.