Most of Deercroft commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Deercroft; the top destination outside it is Laurinburg (19%, 14 miles). There are 29 jobs in Deercroft, against 175 working residents. At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deercroft on a workday afternoon
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Deercroft on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where Deercroft’s working residents head each day
Where Deercroft clocks in
19% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Deercroft works in goods: 45% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deercroft, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 29. 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 Deercroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Deercroft: about 78 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 24.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deercroft workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 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.
How far Deercroft’s workers travel
About 30% 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 Deercroft: questions
What is the median household income in Deercroft?
$91,036 (±$12,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deercroft?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deercroft?
78 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 Deercroft work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurinburg (19%, 14 mi), Charlotte (5%, 81 mi), Raleigh (5%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deercroft 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 Deercroft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deercroft
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.