Most of Potters Hill commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
7% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across North Carolina. Potters Hill has 23 jobs, against 207 working residents. Hardly any work in Potters Hill itself; outside it, Beulaville draws the most (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Potters Hill stands out on work
Potters Hill is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Potters Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Potters Hill has about 410 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Potters Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Potters Hill, and who commutes in
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Potters Hill on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting from Potters Hill: about 15 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potters Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Potters Hill
About 33% 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.
Where Potters Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Potters Hill 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.
Potters Hill makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potters Hill, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 23. 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 Potters Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Potters Hill: questions
What is the poverty rate in Potters Hill?
37.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potters Hill?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potters Hill work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beulaville (10%, 5 mi), Kenansville (9%, 15 mi), Jacksonville (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Potters Hill 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 Potters Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potters 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.