Work & commute · Zebulon

Work & commute in Zebulon, NC

Most working residents leave Zebulon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (35%), Durham (8%) and Cary (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

208 of 3,519 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,311 Zebulon residents head out of town to work, 208 work right here, and 4,428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zebulon.

3,311live here, work elsewhere

208live and work here

4,428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zebulon goes to work

Raleigh18.3 mi away

35%1,236

Durham34.3 mi away

8%287

Zebulon (in town)right here

6%208

Cary28.8 mi away

5%167

Charlotte147.9 mi away

4%139

Garner19.4 mi away

3%90

Knightdale10.5 mi away

2%76

Wake Forest14.4 mi away

2%70

Morrisville29.4 mi away

2%60

Wendell3.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,138

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

How far

How far Zebulon commutes

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

12%

49%

24%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zebulon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zebulon are

4,636 jobs are based in Zebulon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Zebulon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Zebulon

4,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Zebulon residents hold

3,519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Zebulon, 2013 → 2023: 3,955 → 4,636. 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.