Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainMost of Laurel Hill commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Laurel Hill itself; outside it, Laurinburg draws the most (21%, 5 miles). Employers in Laurel Hill report 97 jobs, against 452 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Laurel Hill, in a few figures
Laurel Hill is a place people come home to
There are 97 jobs based in Laurel Hill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Laurel Hill has about 630 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Laurel Hill and Laurinburg trade workers both ways
Laurinburg is the top workplace for Laurel Hill residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Laurel Hill come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Laurel Hill 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 452 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Laurel Hill
On a workday 446 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Laurel Hill on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Laurel Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Laurel Hill clocks in
21% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Getting to work from Laurel Hill takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 364 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.
Jobs in Laurel Hill: what the 97 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 97. 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 Laurel Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Laurel Hill
About 26% 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 Laurel Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Hill?
$30,893 (±$21,606) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Hill?
31.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Hill?
33 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 Laurel Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurinburg (21%, 5 mi), Rockingham (4%, 15 mi), Charlotte (4%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Laurel Hill 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 Laurel Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Hill
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.