Mason-Hardee-Capel House · Photo: Frank Womble · CC BY-SA 4.0Garysburg has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (North Carolina 16%). Garysburg has 25 jobs, against 261 working residents. Hardly any work in Garysburg; the top destination outside it is Roanoke Rapids (9%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Garysburg, in brief
Garysburg is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Garysburg, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Garysburg has about 620 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% 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 ↓
Few Garysburg workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Garysburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Garysburg on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Garysburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 41% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Garysburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garysburg workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where the trip to work from Garysburg ends
Where Garysburg clocks in
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.
Garysburg is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garysburg, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 25. 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 Garysburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Garysburg: questions
What is the median household income in Garysburg?
$41,333 (±$19,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garysburg?
19.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garysburg?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garysburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke Rapids (9%, 5 mi), Weldon (5%, 3 mi), Raleigh (5%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Garysburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garysburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garysburg
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.