Photo: Nyttend · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Grantsboro, NC
There are 435 jobs in Grantsboro, against 252 working residents. Only 4% work in Grantsboro; the top destination outside it is New Bern (20%, 13 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Grantsboro apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Grantsboro
49% of Grantsboro residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 16% of the jobs based in Grantsboro pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Grantsboro pay little
37% of the jobs based in Grantsboro pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Grantsboro are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 252 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Grantsboro’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grantsboro, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 435. 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 Grantsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Grantsboro, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Grantsboro on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The towns that send workers to Grantsboro
Where Grantsboro clocks in
20% 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Grantsboro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grantsboro workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 231 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.
The commute from Grantsboro, by distance
About 28% 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.
How Grantsboro compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Alliance (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grantsboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grantsboro | – | — | — | 32 min | $54,583 |
| Alliance | 5% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alliance: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grantsboro’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 Grantsboro: questions
What is the median household income in Grantsboro?
$54,583 (±$15,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grantsboro?
24.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grantsboro?
32 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 Grantsboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (20%, 13 mi), Bayboro (9%, 4 mi), Alliance (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grantsboro 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 Grantsboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grantsboro
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.