Ashland · Photo: Related names: Henderson, Samuel Henderson, Richard Henderson, Archibald Bullock, Richard White, Adolphus Eugene White, Henry North Carolina State College, sponsor Brown, Eugene Wilson, delineator · Public domainJobs, income and commuting in Middleburg, NC
Hardly any work in Middleburg itself; outside it, Raleigh draws the most (13%, 43 miles). For 9% of workers, the job is at home; North Carolina has 16%. There are 34 jobs in Middleburg, against 39 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Middleburg by day and by night
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
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 Middleburg commutes to
Where Middleburg clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleburg, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 34. 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 Middleburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Middleburg
of Middleburg workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 9% 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.
Middleburg’s commute, mile by mile
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 Middleburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Middleburg?
49.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Middleburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (13%, 43 mi), Henderson (8%, 7 mi), Charlotte (8%, 163 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middleburg 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 Middleburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleburg
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.