Most of Nebo commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Nebo are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Employers in Nebo report 168 jobs for 777 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nebo, in a few figures
Nebo is a place people come home to
There are 168 jobs based in Nebo, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nebo has about 1,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Nebo and Marion trade workers both ways
Marion is the top workplace for Nebo residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Nebo come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Nebo workers work from home
Only 2% 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 777 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Nebo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Nebo is better than 9% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Nebo’s grade.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Nebo’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nebo could be anywhere from D− to C.
Nebo quiets down on a workday
On a workday 762 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Nebo 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.
22% of working residents work in Marion
Where Nebo clocks in
22% 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.
How long Nebo spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nebo workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 704 commuters (the 2% 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.
Most jobs in Nebo are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nebo, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 168. 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 Nebo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Nebo commutes less than 15 miles
About 22% 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.
Nebo is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nebo is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 717 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.5% of Nebo households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nebo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Nebo is 4,869th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 305 | Northlakes NC | 1,716 | $101K | 2.0% | 1.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,867 | Rome Township PA | 1,962 | $59K | 15.2% | 3.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,868 | Skyline-Ganipa NM | 1,226 | $57K | 14.5% | 5.3% | 34% | D |
| 4,869 | Nebo NC | 1,670 | $50K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,870 | Shelby MI | 2,185 | $50K | 20.0% | 6.6% | 6% | D |
| 4,871 | Townsend MT | 2,272 | $71K | 15.6% | 13.3% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nebo, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door is work for 22% of Nebo
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Marion. Darker towns draw more of Nebo’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Nebo: questions
What is the median household income in Nebo?
$50,139 (±$7,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nebo?
16.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nebo?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nebo work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marion (22%, 6 mi), Asheville (7%, 37 mi), Morganton (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nebo walkable?
Nebo is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nebo without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nebo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nebo
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.