Scotch Meadows has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Scotch Meadows has 2 jobs for 252 working residents. Hardly any stay in Scotch Meadows for work; outside it, Laurinburg is the main destination (18%, 6 miles). The average commute takes 22 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Scotch Meadows: the gist
Scotch Meadows is a place people come home to
There are 2 jobs based in Scotch Meadows, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Scotch Meadows has about 120 people in it, 68% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Scotch Meadows and Laurinburg trade workers both ways
Laurinburg is the top workplace for Scotch Meadows residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Scotch Meadows come from (50% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 252 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Scotch Meadows
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Scotch Meadows on a workday afternoon, 68% 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.
Out of Scotch Meadows to work: where people go
Where Scotch Meadows clocks in
18% of workers
4% 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.
Where in the region Scotch Meadows works
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Scotch Meadows, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scotch Meadows, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Scotch Meadows’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Scotch Meadows’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scotch Meadows workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 22% 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.
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 Scotch Meadows: questions
What is the median household income in Scotch Meadows?
$92,083 (±$67,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scotch Meadows?
25.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scotch Meadows?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scotch Meadows work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurinburg (18%, 6 mi), Rockingham (4%, 22 mi), Fayetteville (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Scotch Meadows 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 Scotch Meadows, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scotch Meadows
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.