Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Newton Grove draws 660 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for North Carolina as a whole. 682 jobs are based in Newton Grove, against 260 working residents. About one in ten work in Newton Grove; the top destination outside it is Clinton (8%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Newton Grove: the figures worth knowing
Newton Grove is where the jobs are
Newton Grove has 682 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,000 people are in town, 70% more than the 600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Newton Grove makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Newton Grove are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Newton Grove residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Newton Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Newton Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 238 residents head out to work and 22 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Newton Grove on a workday afternoon, 70% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Newton Grove works in goods: 49% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newton Grove, 2014 → 2024: 717 → 682. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newton Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newton Grove’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newton Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 7% 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.
Commuting in to Newton Grove: where workers come from
Where Newton Grove clocks in
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.
How far it is to work from Newton Grove
About 20% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Newton Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Newton Grove?
$68,906 (±$31,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newton Grove?
4.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newton Grove?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newton Grove work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (8%, 17 mi), Goldsboro (6%, 23 mi), Smithfield (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Newton Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newton Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newton Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.