Hope Plantation · Photo: NCDavid33 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Powellsville works elsewhere
5% of workers have no commute at all, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. 4 jobs are based in Powellsville, against 69 working residents. Hardly any work in Powellsville itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (12%, 50 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Powellsville on a workday
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Powellsville on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The places Powellsville commutes to
Where Powellsville clocks in
12% 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.
In Powellsville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powellsville, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 4. 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 Powellsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Powellsville
of Powellsville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Powellsville
About 40% 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 Powellsville: questions
What is the median household income in Powellsville?
$53,542 (±$39,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powellsville?
1.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Powellsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (12%, 50 mi), Windsor (10%, 16 mi), Ahoskie (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powellsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Powellsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powellsville
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.