Most of Sims commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Sims for work; outside it, Wilson is the main destination (38%, 8 miles). 28 jobs are based in Sims, and 292 of its residents work somewhere. 4% of workers work from home; North Carolina has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sims apart
Sims is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Sims, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sims has about 82 people in it, 76% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sims workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
38% of Sims works in Wilson
111 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Wilson, 7.5 miles away. That’s far more as work in Sims itself. The commute map ↓
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 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Sims for work, and who comes in
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Sims on a workday afternoon, 76% 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.
Sims’ commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sims workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where Sims’ working residents head each day
Where Sims clocks in
38% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 32% of Sims’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sims, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 28. 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 Sims’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Sims commutes
About 17% 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 Sims: questions
What is the median household income in Sims?
$78,267 (±$1,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sims?
3.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sims?
42 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sims work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilson (38%, 8 mi), Rocky Mount (5%, 20 mi), Raleigh (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sims without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sims, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sims
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.