Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Rex, and the trip to work
Hardly any stay in Rex for work; outside it, Fayetteville is the main destination (19%, 16 miles). Working from home is the commute for 100% of workers (North Carolina 16%). The Census job records count 16 working residents of Rex and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rex on a workday afternoon
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 43 people are in Rex on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Rex’s residents
Where Rex clocks in
19% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Rex
of Rex workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rex
About 31% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Rex: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rex?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rex work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fayetteville (19%, 16 mi), Sanford (13%, 45 mi), St. Pauls (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rex, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rex
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.