Foxfire has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 73 jobs in Foxfire, and 590 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Foxfire B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 1% stay in Foxfire for work; outside it, Pinehurst is the main destination (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Foxfire
Foxfire is a place people come home to
There are 73 jobs based in Foxfire, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Foxfire has about 910 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Foxfire and Pinehurst trade workers both ways
Pinehurst is the top workplace for Foxfire residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Foxfire come from (10% of its jobs). 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; with 590 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Foxfire’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Foxfire is better than 61% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Foxfire’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Foxfire’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Foxfire could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Foxfire
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Foxfire on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Foxfire to work: where people go
Where Foxfire clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Foxfire
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foxfire, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 73. 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 Foxfire’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Foxfire
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foxfire workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 697 commuters (the 13% 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 Foxfire
About 24% 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.
The commute in Foxfire is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Foxfire is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 802 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). 1.1% of Foxfire households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Foxfire’s commuters take a bus or train.
Foxfire next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 1,456th of 5,877 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,454 | March ARB CA | 1,273 | $72K | 29.3% | 9.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,455 | Bell Hill WA | 1,041 | $79K | 1.3% | 6.5% | 0% | B |
| 1,456 | Foxfire NC | 1,426 | $85K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,457 | Brimfield Township IL | 1,148 | $81K | 8.9% | 7.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,458 | Maple Hill Township KS | 1,172 | $96K | 7.0% | 3.7% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Foxfire, 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 Foxfire: questions
What is the median household income in Foxfire?
$85,117 (±$12,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foxfire?
4.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foxfire?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foxfire work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinehurst (15%, 5 mi), Southern Pines (12%, 9 mi), Aberdeen (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Foxfire walkable?
Foxfire is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Foxfire without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Foxfire, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foxfire
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.