Most of Black Creek commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Black Creek has 106 jobs, and 276 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Black Creek; the top destination outside it is Wilson (37%, 6 miles). 2% of workers work from home, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Black Creek, in brief
37% of Black Creek works in Wilson
101 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Wilson, 6.5 miles away. That’s 37 times as many as work in Black Creek itself. The commute map ↓
Black Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Black Creek workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 276 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Black Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Black Creek clocks in
37% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
About 38 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Black Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Black Creek
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Black Creek on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Black Creek is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Black Creek, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 106. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Black Creek
About 15% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Black Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Black Creek?
$53,750 (±$15,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Black Creek?
20.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Black Creek?
38 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Black Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilson (37%, 6 mi), Rocky Mount (7%, 24 mi), Raleigh (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Black Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Black Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Black Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.