Work & commute · Wendell

Work & commute in Wendell, NC

Most working residents leave Wendell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (38%), Durham (8%) and Cary (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

243 of 6,064 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,821 Wendell residents head out of town to work, 243 work right here, and 2,054 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wendell.

5,821live here, work elsewhere

243live and work here

2,054work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wendell goes to work

Raleigh16.5 mi away

38%2,320

Durham33.2 mi away

8%494

Cary26.5 mi away

6%383

Wendell (in town)right here

4%243

Charlotte145.2 mi away

4%220

Garner16.4 mi away

2%145

Knightdale8.1 mi away

2%138

Zebulon3.3 mi away

2%116

Morrisville27.5 mi away

2%110

Wake Forest14.8 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,811

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

How far

How far Wendell commutes

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

13%

53%

20%

14%

13%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wendell is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wendell are

2,297 jobs are based in Wendell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wendell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wendell

2,297 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Wendell residents hold

6,064 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+80%

Jobs based in Wendell, 2013 → 2023: 1,279 → 2,297. 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.