Severn has 10.8 jobs for every working resident: 762 people commute in to work
Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. There are 769 jobs in Severn, against 71 working residents. About one in ten stay in Severn for work; outside it, Roanoke Rapids is the main destination (6%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Severn’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 64 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 880 people are in Severn on a workday afternoon, 394% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Severn’s workforce comes from
Where Severn clocks in
6% 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.
What Severn’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Severn, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 769. 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 Severn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Severn
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Severn workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 39 commuters (the 15% 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 Severn goes to work
About 40% 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.
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 Severn: questions
What is the median household income in Severn?
$62,500 (±$36,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Severn?
8.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Severn?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Severn work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke Rapids (6%, 26 mi), Franklin (6%, 18 mi), Murfreesboro (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Severn 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 Severn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Severn
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.