With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of East Arcadia works elsewhere
East Arcadia has 4 jobs for 161 working residents. Hardly any work in East Arcadia; the top destination outside it is Wilmington (11%, 28 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; North Carolina has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes East Arcadia
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in East Arcadia on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The places East Arcadia commutes to
Where East Arcadia clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in East Arcadia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. 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 East Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from East Arcadia: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Arcadia workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 4% 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 it is to work from East Arcadia
About 36% 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.
East Arcadia and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Arcadia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Arcadia | – | — | — | 24 min | $44,063 |
| Sandyfield | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sandyfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Arcadia’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 East Arcadia: questions
What is the median household income in East Arcadia?
$44,063 (±$36,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Arcadia?
30.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Arcadia?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Arcadia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (11%, 28 mi), Fayetteville (7%, 61 mi), Elizabethtown (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Arcadia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Arcadia, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Arcadia
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.