Photo: Gerry Dincher · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Shannon commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Shannon for work; outside it, Lumberton is the main destination (14%, 16 miles). There are 6 jobs in Shannon, and 77 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Shannon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 54 people are in Shannon on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Where Shannon’s working residents head each day
Where Shannon clocks in
13% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Shannon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 6. 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 Shannon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Shannon
of Shannon workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Shannon
About 20% 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 Shannon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Shannon?
17.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Shannon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lumberton (14%, 16 mi), Fayetteville (13%, 19 mi), Lumber Bridge (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shannon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shannon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shannon
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.