Work & commute · Wallace

Work & commute in Wallace, NC

Most working residents leave Wallace for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (5%), Burgaw (4%) and Kenansville (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

126 of 1,250 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,124 Wallace residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 1,800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallace.

1,124live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

1,800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallace goes to work

Wallace (in town)right here

10%126

Raleigh84 mi away

5%57

Burgaw13.4 mi away

4%56

Kenansville15.4 mi away

4%50

Teachey2.4 mi away

3%35

Charlotte164.1 mi away

3%32

Wilmington37 mi away

2%30

Clinton26.5 mi away

2%29

Jacksonville33.9 mi away

2%29

Fayetteville60.5 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%779

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

How far

How far Wallace commutes

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

27%

16%

23%

34%

27%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallace is a job hub

1.54jobs 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 Wallace are

1,926 jobs are based in Wallace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wallace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wallace

1,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Wallace residents hold

1,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+4%

Jobs based in Wallace, 2013 → 2023: 1,849 → 1,926. 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.