Photo: Vbofficial at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Frisco
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26. At home: 37% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%). Frisco has 240 jobs, against 304 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Frisco stands out on work
A lot of Frisco works from home
37% of Frisco workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
Frisco and Buxton trade workers both ways
Buxton is the top workplace for Frisco residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Frisco come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 19 minutes each way, quicker than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frisco workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 37% 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.
16% of working residents work in Buxton
Where Frisco clocks in
Lines 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 distance from Frisco to work
About 38% 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.
Who leaves Frisco for work, and who comes in
On a workday 279 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Frisco on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Frisco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frisco, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 240. 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 Frisco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
16% of Frisco works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Buxton. Darker towns draw more of Frisco’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 Frisco: questions
What is the median household income in Frisco?
$43,846 (±$25,697) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frisco?
1.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frisco?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 37% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frisco work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Buxton (16%, 3 mi), Avon (14%, 8 mi), Hatteras (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frisco 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 Frisco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frisco
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.