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Jobs & commute in Pinetown

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pinetown works elsewhere

At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%). 8 jobs are based in Pinetown for 70 working residents. Hardly any work in Pinetown itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (24%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Pinetown

On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.

70live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night19
Workday0
19live here− 70head out to work+ 8come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Pinetown on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Pinetown commutes to

Snow Hill: 1 residents work here (1%)Belhaven: 1 residents work here (1%)Denton: 1 residents work here (1%)Mount Olive: 1 residents work here (1%)Southport: 1 residents work here (1%)Williamston: 1 residents work here (1%)Zebulon: 1 residents work here (1%)Washington: 17 residents work here (24%)Greenville: 10 residents work here (14%)Bayview: 2 residents work here (3%)PinetownWashingtonGreenvilleBayviewSnow HillBelhavenDentonPinetown
1
Washington11.3 mi away
24%17
2
Greenville29.2 mi away
14%10
3
Bayview12.2 mi away
3%2
4
Snow Hill47.5 mi away
1%1
5
Belhaven13.9 mi away
1%1
6
Denton182.8 mi away
1%1
7
Mount Olive73.8 mi away
1%1
8
Southport133.1 mi away
1%1
9
Williamston20.1 mi away
1%1
10
Zebulon83.2 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%34
The top trips

Where Pinetown clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Pinetown

Jobs based in PinetownJobs Pinetown residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%24%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices0%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%26%
Over $3,333 a month88%59%

Who does it

29 or younger13%16%
30 to 5450%56%
55 and older38%29%
−11%

Jobs based in Pinetown, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 8. 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 Pinetown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Pinetown

Working from home
0%

of Pinetown workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Pinetown gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 19 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

How far Pinetown goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWashington: 24% · 11.3 miGreenville: 14% · 29.2 miBayview: 3% · 12.2 miSnow Hill: 1% · 47.5 miBelhaven: 1% · 13.9 miDenton: 1% · 182.8 miMount Olive: 1% · 73.8 miSouthport: 1% · 133.1 miWilliamston: 1% · 20.1 miZebulon: 1% · 83.2 miWashington 24%Greenville 14%Bayview 3%Belhaven 1%Pinetown
PinetownTop destinations (size = commuters)
7%Under 10 mi5 residents
38%10–24 mi26 residents
23%25–50 mi16 residents
32%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 32% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Pinetown: questions

What is the poverty rate in Pinetown?

0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Pinetown work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (24%, 11 mi), Greenville (14%, 29 mi), Bayview (3%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Pinetown 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 Pinetown, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Pinetown

Pinetown home →

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.