O'Kelly's Chapel · Photo: Glenn Abbey · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Carolina Meadows works elsewhere
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across North Carolina. Carolina Meadows has 17 jobs; 250 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Carolina Meadows; the top destination outside it is Durham (21%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Carolina Meadows: the figures worth knowing
Carolina Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Carolina Meadows, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carolina Meadows has about 320 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Carolina Meadows than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Carolina Meadows fell from 316 in 2013 to 17 in 2023, −95%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Carolina Meadows workers work from home
Only 0% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Carolina Meadows
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Carolina Meadows on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Services make up most of the work in Carolina Meadows
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carolina Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 17. 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 Carolina Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Carolina Meadows
of Carolina Meadows workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 0% 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.
Commuting out of Carolina Meadows: the destinations
Where Carolina Meadows clocks in
21% of workers
18% of workers
12% 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.
How many miles Carolina Meadows commutes
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.
Around Carolina Meadows: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Governors Village (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carolina Meadows workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Meadows | – | — | — | — | $126,007 |
| Governors Village | 2% | A− | A− | 17 min | $125,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carolina Meadows’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Carolina Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Carolina Meadows?
$126,007 (±$6,933) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carolina Meadows?
1.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Carolina Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durham (21%, 11 mi), Chapel Hill (18%, 5 mi), Raleigh (12%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carolina Meadows without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carolina Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carolina Meadows
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.