Riegelwood has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 731 people commute in to work
Only 6% work in Riegelwood; the top destination outside it is Wilmington (21%, 21 miles). 746 jobs are based in Riegelwood, against 243 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 16% across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Riegelwood at work: what stands out
Riegelwood has far more jobs than workers
Riegelwood has 746 jobs, 3.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,200 people are in town, 78% more than the 650 who live here. Day and night ↓
Riegelwood makes and builds things
88% of the jobs based in Riegelwood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Riegelwood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Riegelwood pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Riegelwood pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Riegelwood residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Riegelwood. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Riegelwood
On a workday 228 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Riegelwood on a workday afternoon, 78% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
88% of the jobs in Riegelwood make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riegelwood, 2014 → 2024: 1,007 → 746. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riegelwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Riegelwood: where workers come from
Where Riegelwood clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Riegelwood: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riegelwood workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 commuters (the 6% 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 Riegelwood goes to work
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 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 Riegelwood: questions
What is the median household income in Riegelwood?
$49,583 (±$24,523) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riegelwood?
11.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riegelwood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riegelwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (21%, 21 mi), Leland (5%, 16 mi), Fayetteville (5%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Riegelwood 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 Riegelwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riegelwood
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.