Households in Farmville have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Farmville grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Poverty touches 28.1% of residents, against 13.0% across North Carolina. 7% of workers work from home (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Farmville stands out on work
Farmville trades workers with the towns around it
Farmville has about as many jobs (1,878) as working residents (1,687), but they are mostly different people: 1,480 residents leave for work each day while 1,671 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Farmville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Farmville and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Farmville residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Farmville come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Farmville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Farmville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Farmville is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #184 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Farmville’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farmville could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Farmville on a workday
On a workday 1,480 residents head out to work, 207 work right here, and 1,671 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Farmville clocks in
28% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Farmville takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,619 commuters (the 7% 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.
In Farmville, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,878 jobs are based in Farmville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmville, 2014 → 2024: 2,193 → 1,878. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Farmville’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Farmville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farmville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #174 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 1,745 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). 17.8% of Farmville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Farmville’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,777th of 3,938: where Farmville ranks among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 284 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,775 | Metter GA | 4,076 | $36K | 15.2% | 0.0% | 22% | C |
| 2,776 | Chadron NE | 4,975 | $55K | 13.2% | 1.8% | 59% | C |
| 2,777 | Farmville NC | 4,577 | $47K | 28.1% | 1.8% | 12% | C |
| 2,778 | Brookshire TX | 6,090 | $66K | 21.4% | 7.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,779 | Cedar Grove FL | 3,802 | $75K | 17.5% | 6.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Farmville, 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 2024, 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 Farmville: questions
What is the median household income in Farmville?
$47,410 (±$24,219) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmville?
28.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (28%, 12 mi), Raleigh (5%, 61 mi), Wilson (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Farmville walkable?
Farmville is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farmville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farmville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.