Bunn draws 384 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 23 minutes each way, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Bunn report 386 jobs for 170 working residents. Only 1% work in Bunn; the top destination outside it is Raleigh (26%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bunn on a workday
On a workday 168 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 610 people are in Bunn on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Bunn
Where Bunn clocks in
26% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Bunn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bunn, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 386. 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 Bunn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bunn’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bunn workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 17% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bunn
About 21% 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 Bunn: questions
What is the median household income in Bunn?
$68,289 (±$37,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bunn?
6.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bunn?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bunn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (26%, 23 mi), Durham (8%, 36 mi), Zebulon (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bunn without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bunn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bunn
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.