Alston House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Gulf has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Gulf; the top destination outside it is Sanford (12%, 7 miles). Employers in Gulf report 7 jobs; 49 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Carolina has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gulf on a workday afternoon
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Gulf on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where people from Gulf work
Where Gulf clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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 Gulf
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gulf, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 7. 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 Gulf’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gulf
of Gulf workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 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.
Miles to work from Gulf
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.
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 Gulf: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gulf?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gulf work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sanford (12%, 7 mi), Durham (10%, 36 mi), Charlotte (8%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gulf 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 Gulf, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gulf
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.