Photo: Indy beetle · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Creedmoor works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Creedmoor itself; outside it, Durham draws the most (24%, 16 miles). There are 1,029 jobs in Creedmoor, against 2,213 working residents. Jobs and income earn Creedmoor C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Creedmoor
The better-paid jobs are outside Creedmoor
61% of Creedmoor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Creedmoor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Creedmoor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Creedmoor pay little
28% of the jobs based in Creedmoor pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
How Creedmoor earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Creedmoor is better than 31% of U.S. towns, #186 of 290 in North Carolina. Household income holds Creedmoor’s grade up ($82,961, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (8.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Creedmoor could be anywhere from D to A−.
The kinds of work in Creedmoor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Creedmoor, 2013 → 2023: 1,083 → 1,029. 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 Creedmoor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Creedmoor
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Creedmoor workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,824 commuters (the 16% 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.
Who commutes out of Creedmoor, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,167 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 983 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Creedmoor on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Creedmoor: the destinations
Where Creedmoor clocks in
24% of workers
20% of workers
4% 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 commute from Creedmoor, by distance
About 18% 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.
In Creedmoor, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Creedmoor is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #260 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,159 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Creedmoor households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Creedmoor’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Creedmoor is 2,729th of 3,758 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 294 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,727 | Suquamish WA | 4,084 | $86K | 11.3% | 6.5% | 9% | C |
| 2,728 | Franklin NC | 4,403 | $48K | 12.7% | 2.3% | 31% | C |
| 2,729 | Creedmoor NC | 5,046 | $83K | 18.2% | 8.2% | 2% | C |
| 2,730 | Slaughterville OK | 4,332 | $73K | 13.7% | 6.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,731 | Dickson City PA | 5,976 | $60K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Creedmoor, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
The towns around Creedmoor
The biggest share goes to Butner (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Creedmoor’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 Creedmoor: questions
What is the median household income in Creedmoor?
$82,961 (±$21,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Creedmoor?
18.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Creedmoor?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Creedmoor work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durham (24%, 16 mi), Raleigh (20%, 20 mi), Butner (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Creedmoor walkable?
Creedmoor is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Creedmoor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Creedmoor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Creedmoor
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.