Photo: gerrydincher · CC BY-SA 2.0For about two in five of its working residents, Eastover is a commute to Fayetteville
For jobs and income Eastover is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26. Measured by household income, Eastover is ahead of 62% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eastover in brief
Eastover has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eastover went from 418 in 2013 to 779 in 2023, +86%. The jobs ↓
41% of Eastover works in Fayetteville
547 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Fayetteville, 11 miles away across the town line. That’s 41 times as many as work in Eastover itself. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Eastover’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Eastover’s grade up ($85,156, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.9%, 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, Eastover could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Most jobs in Eastover are in services
779 jobs are based in Eastover.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eastover, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 779. 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 Eastover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Eastover to work: where people go
Where Eastover clocks in
41% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Who leaves Eastover for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,314 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 760 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Eastover on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Eastover’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eastover workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,375 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Eastover commutes less than 12 miles
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Eastover gets around
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 1,540 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). 1.9% of Eastover households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eastover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Eastover is 2,729th among 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,727 | New Durham NH | 2,890 | $100K | 5.8% | 9.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,728 | Reading Township OH | 4,465 | $72K | 15.7% | 3.5% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,729 | Eastover NC | 3,743 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,730 | Lockland OH | 3,499 | $58K | 9.2% | 10.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,731 | Combes TX | 3,255 | $46K | 27.2% | 1.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | 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 Eastover, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Eastover and its neighbors: 41% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eastover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastover | – | C+ | D | 23 min | $85,156 |
| Fayetteville | 41% | C− | A− | 19 min | $58,407 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fayetteville. Darker towns draw more of Eastover’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 Eastover: questions
What is the median household income in Eastover?
$85,156 (±$20,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eastover?
13.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eastover?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eastover work?
1% work in town.
Is Eastover walkable?
Eastover is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eastover without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eastover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eastover
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.