Photo: Indy beetle · CC BY-SA 4.0Rougemont has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 53 jobs in Rougemont, against 318 working residents. Hardly any work in Rougemont itself; outside it, Durham draws the most (36%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 10% of workers; North Carolina has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rougemont
Rougemont is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Rougemont, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rougemont has about 440 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
36% of Rougemont works in Durham
114 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Durham, 16 miles away. That’s far more as work in Rougemont itself. The commute map ↓
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 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Rougemont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 318 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Rougemont on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Rougemont ends
Where Rougemont clocks in
36% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Rougemont: what the 53 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rougemont, 2014 → 2024: 65 → 53. 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 Rougemont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rougemont
of Rougemont workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 10% 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 Rougemont’s workers travel
About 22% 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 Rougemont: questions
What is the median household income in Rougemont?
$104,327 (±$90,229) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rougemont?
5.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rougemont work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durham (36%, 16 mi), Raleigh (9%, 30 mi), Charlotte (4%, 128 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rougemont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rougemont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rougemont
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.