Five Points has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 31 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Five Points; the top destination outside it is Southern Pines (11%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Five Points
Five Points is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Five Points, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Five Points has about 630 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Five Points 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 ↓
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 353 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Five Points quiets down on a workday
On a workday 353 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Five Points on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Five Points workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 407 commuters (the 6% 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.
11% of working residents work in Southern Pines
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Five Points clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
43 jobs are based in Five Points. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Five Points’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Five Points, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 43. 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.
Half of Five Points commutes less than 19 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% 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.
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 Five Points: questions
What is the poverty rate in Five Points?
21.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Five Points?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Five Points work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southern Pines (11%, 13 mi), Fayetteville (11%, 22 mi), Raeford (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Five Points 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 Five Points, from the people who make the trip.
More of Five Points
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.