With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Ossipee works elsewhere
For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Employers in Ossipee report 118 jobs; 220 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Ossipee for work; outside it, Burlington is the main destination (21%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ossipee apart on work
The places Ossipee commutes to
Where Ossipee clocks in
21% of workers
11% 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.
Ossipee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Ossipee on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Goods, not services: 36% of the jobs in Ossipee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ossipee, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 118. 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 Ossipee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ossipee: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ossipee workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Ossipee commutes less than 17 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.
The towns around Ossipee
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ossipee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossipee | – | — | — | 25 min | $70,417 |
| Altamahaw | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Altamahaw: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ossipee’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 Ossipee: questions
What is the median household income in Ossipee?
$70,417 (±$31,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ossipee?
14.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ossipee?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ossipee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (21%, 7 mi), Greensboro (11%, 18 mi), Elon (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ossipee 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 Ossipee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ossipee
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.