Work & commute · Watha

Work & commute in Watha, NC

Most working residents leave Watha for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (22%), Burgaw (10%) and Wallace (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Watha residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watha.

71live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watha goes to work

Wilmington30.8 mi away

22%16

Burgaw7.2 mi away

10%7

Wallace6.3 mi away

4%3

Charlotte167.3 mi away

4%3

Fayetteville64.8 mi away

3%2

Raleigh90.2 mi away

3%2

Northchase24.2 mi away

3%2

Scotland Neck106.6 mi away

1%1

Watha (in town)right here

1%1

Rose Hill12.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%34

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

How far

How far Watha commutes

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

19%

17%

33%

31%

19%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watha is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watha are

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

Jobs based in Watha

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities83%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Watha residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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.