Photo: King Carolina · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Magnolia works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26. Magnolia has 48 jobs; 306 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Magnolia itself; outside it, Kenansville draws the most (7%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Magnolia and work: the main findings
In and out of Magnolia on a workday
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Magnolia on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The places Magnolia commutes to
Where Magnolia clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Magnolia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magnolia, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 48. 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 Magnolia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Magnolia takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magnolia workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 commuters (the 12% 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 Magnolia
About 24% 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 Magnolia: questions
What is the median household income in Magnolia?
$39,406 (±$19,379) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Magnolia?
41.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magnolia?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magnolia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenansville (7%, 7 mi), Wallace (5%, 12 mi), Wilmington (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Magnolia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Magnolia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magnolia
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.