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Work & commute · Weldon

Work & commute in Weldon, NC

Most working residents leave Weldon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke Rapids (17%), Rocky Mount (4%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
29 of 507 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 478 Weldon residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weldon.

478live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
567work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Weldon goes to work

GarysburgJacksonGastonWeldonRoanoke RapidsRocky MountGreenvilleWilsonCharlotteRaleighEmporiaNewport NewsSouth WeldonSouth RosemaryRoanoke RapidsRocky MountRaleighGreenvilleEmporiaJacksonGastonWilsonNewport NewsWeldon
1
Roanoke Rapids2.5 mi away
17%88
2
Weldon (in town)right here
6%29
3
Rocky Mount33.3 mi away
4%22
4
Raleigh70.5 mi away
4%19
5
Greenville58.7 mi away
4%18
6
Emporia, VA19.3 mi away
3%14
7
Jackson11 mi away
2%10
8
Gaston5.3 mi away
2%10
9
Wilson51 mi away
2%10
10
Newport News, VA75.4 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%279

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

How far

How far Weldon commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Weldon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weldon are

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

Jobs based in Weldon

596 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Weldon residents hold

507 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month41%
−10%

Jobs based in Weldon, 2013 → 2023: 660 → 596. 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.

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