Orrum draws 50 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home; North Carolina has 16%. Orrum has 51 jobs for 20 working residents. Only 5% stay in Orrum for work; outside it, Lumberton is the main destination (30%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Orrum, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 19 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 92 people are in Orrum on a workday afternoon, 51% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Orrum’s workers come from
Where Orrum clocks in
15% of workers
5% 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.
What Orrum’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Orrum, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 51. 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 Orrum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Orrum
of Orrum workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 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.
How far it is to work from Orrum
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 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 Orrum: questions
What is the median household income in Orrum?
$21,250 (±$5,955) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Orrum?
62.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Orrum work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lumberton (30%, 11 mi), Fairmont (15%, 6 mi), Lumber Bridge (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orrum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orrum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orrum
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.