Carter-Simmons House · Photo: Cynthia Carter Hite Content · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Pink Hill, and the trip to work
Only 2% work in Pink Hill; the top destination outside it is Kinston (24%, 17 miles). 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across North Carolina. Working residents average 20 minutes each way, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Pink Hill on a workday
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Pink Hill ends
Where Pink Hill clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
Pink Hill works in goods: 28% of its jobs
202 jobs are based in Pink Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pink Hill, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 202. 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 Pink Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Pink Hill, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pink Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Pink Hill commutes
About 30% 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 Pink Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Pink Hill?
$46,635 (±$5,441) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pink Hill?
24.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pink Hill?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pink Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kinston (24%, 17 mi), Raleigh (6%, 74 mi), Greenville (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pink Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pink Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pink Hill
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.