Josiah Crudup House · Photo: Jillie Maria · CC BY-SA 4.0Kittrell has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any stay in Kittrell for work; outside it, Henderson is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). Kittrell has 32 jobs; 62 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 3% 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
Who commutes out of Kittrell, and who commutes in
On a workday 62 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Kittrell 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 Kittrell work
Where Kittrell clocks in
13% of workers
13% 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 Kittrell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kittrell, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 32. 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 Kittrell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kittrell workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 3% 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.
How far Kittrell goes to work
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 Kittrell: questions
What is the median household income in Kittrell?
$61,250 (±$42,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kittrell?
17.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kittrell?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kittrell work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Henderson (13%, 7 mi), Raleigh (13%, 29 mi), Oxford (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kittrell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kittrell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kittrell
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.