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Jobs & commute in Proctorville

Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Proctorville

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Proctorville itself; outside it, Lumberton draws the most (36%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Proctorville

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday86
120live here− 36head out to work+ 0come in to work= 86on a workday

About 86 people are in Proctorville on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Proctorville ends

Orrum: 1 residents work here (3%)ProctorvilleMarshville: 1 residents work here (3%)Fairmont: 4 residents work here (11%)Whiteville: 1 residents work here (3%)Hope Mills: 1 residents work here (3%)Southern Pines: 1 residents work here (3%)Lumberton: 13 residents work here (36%)Rocky Mount: 1 residents work here (3%)Sanford: 1 residents work here (3%)Charlotte: 1 residents work here (3%)LumbertonFairmontOrrumMarshvilleWhitevilleHope MillsProctorville
1
Lumberton10.8 mi away
36%13
2
Fairmont4.5 mi away
11%4
3
Orrum1.7 mi away
3%1
4
Marshville83.5 mi away
3%1
5
Whiteville21.6 mi away
3%1
6
Hope Mills34.4 mi away
3%1
7
Southern Pines53.9 mi away
3%1
8
Rocky Mount124.3 mi away
3%1
9
Sanford70.8 mi away
3%1
10
Charlotte113.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%11
The top trips

Where Proctorville 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.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Proctorville: about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
239 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Proctorville31 min
North Carolina25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 43 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 many miles Proctorville commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLumberton: 36% · 10.8 miFairmont: 11% · 4.5 miOrrum: 3% · 1.7 miMarshville: 3% · 83.5 miWhiteville: 3% · 21.6 miHope Mills: 3% · 34.4 miSouthern Pines: 3% · 53.9 miRocky Mount: 3% · 124.3 miSanford: 3% · 70.8 miCharlotte: 3% · 113.7 miLumberton 36%Fairmont 11%Orrum 3%Marshville 3%Whiteville 3%Proctorville
ProctorvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi7 residents
44%10–24 mi15 residents
18%25–50 mi6 residents
18%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 18% 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.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Proctorville: questions

What is the median household income in Proctorville?

$75,625 (±$30,295) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Proctorville?

11.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Proctorville?

31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Proctorville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lumberton (36%, 11 mi), Fairmont (11%, 4 mi), Orrum (3%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Proctorville

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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.