Capt. John S. Pope Farm · Photo: Leah Rucker · CC BY-SA 3.0Efland has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
24% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Employers in Efland report 112 jobs, against 433 working residents. For jobs and income Efland is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Efland, in brief
Efland is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Efland, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Efland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Efland
24% of Efland workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. 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 433 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Efland’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Efland’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($65,735, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Efland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Efland could be anywhere from C to A.
The daily commute in and out of Efland
On a workday 432 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Efland 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.
The trip to work from Efland: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Efland workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 543 commuters (the 24% 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.
22% of working residents work in Durham
Where Efland clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
What Efland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Efland, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 112. 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 Efland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Efland
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.
For most of Efland, work means a drive
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 715 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Efland households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Efland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Efland is 1,390th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 315 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,388 | Minetto NY | 1,613 | $101K | 6.9% | 8.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,389 | Schleswig WI | 1,957 | $92K | 6.8% | 5.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,390 | Efland NC | 1,611 | $66K | 5.1% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,391 | Ohio Township IN | 1,848 | $97K | 9.2% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,392 | Grabill IN | 1,168 | $67K | 5.6% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Efland, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Efland: questions
What is the median household income in Efland?
$65,735 (±$18,588) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Efland?
5.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Efland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Efland work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durham (22%, 17 mi), Chapel Hill (9%, 13 mi), Hillsborough (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Efland walkable?
Efland is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Efland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Efland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Efland
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.