Jackson Springs has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
There are 1 jobs in Jackson Springs for 47 working residents. Hardly any stay in Jackson Springs for work; outside it, Pinehurst is the main destination (15%, 9 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Jackson Springs: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Jackson Springs on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Jackson Springs work
Where Jackson Springs clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
In Jackson Springs, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jackson Springs, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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 Jackson Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Jackson Springs
of Jackson Springs workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 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 Jackson Springs
About 43% 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.
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 Jackson Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Jackson Springs?
$100,144 (±$49,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jackson Springs?
3.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jackson Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinehurst (15%, 9 mi), Southern Pines (6%, 13 mi), Apex (4%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jackson Springs 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 Jackson Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jackson Springs
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.