Jobs, income and commuting in Bear Grass, NC
For 5% of workers, the job is at home; North Carolina has 16%. Hardly any work in Bear Grass itself; outside it, Williamston draws the most (23%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bear Grass, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Bear Grass on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Bear Grass live
Where Bear Grass clocks in
23% of workers
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
66 jobs are based in Bear Grass.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Grass, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 66. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bear Grass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Bear Grass
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Grass workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Bear Grass’ workers travel
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bear Grass: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Grass?
$77,679 (±$22,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Grass?
0.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Grass?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Grass work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williamston (23%, 7 mi), Greenville (14%, 18 mi), Washington (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bear Grass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bear Grass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Grass
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.