Sanderson House · Photo: Tradewinds · CC BY-SA 3.0Pollocksville at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%). Hardly any stay in Pollocksville for work; outside it, New Bern is the main destination (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Pollocksville by day
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Pollocksville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The places Pollocksville commutes to
Where Pollocksville clocks in
26% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
61 jobs are based in Pollocksville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pollocksville, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 61. 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 Pollocksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Pollocksville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pollocksville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 1% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Pollocksville
About 26% 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 Pollocksville: questions
What is the median household income in Pollocksville?
$60,714 (±$18,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pollocksville?
9.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pollocksville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pollocksville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Bern (26%, 10 mi), Jacksonville (11%, 21 mi), Wilmington (4%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pollocksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pollocksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pollocksville
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.