Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Warrenton has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 871 people come in to work
Warrenton has 923 jobs, and 345 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Warrenton itself; outside it, Raleigh draws the most (11%, 48 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, 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
The commute and the jobs: Warrenton in brief
Warrenton is where the jobs are
Warrenton has 923 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,400 people are in town, 71% more than the 820 who live here. Day and night ↓
Warrenton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Warrenton is Raleigh, 48 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (39) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Warrenton are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
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 345 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Warrenton
On a workday 293 residents head out to work and 52 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Warrenton on a workday afternoon, 71% 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.
Warrenton’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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.
The trip to work from Warrenton: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrenton workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 5% 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.
The daily trip into Warrenton
Where Warrenton clocks in
11% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Warrenton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrenton, 2013 → 2023: 1,039 → 923. 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 Warrenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Warrenton: questions
What is the median household income in Warrenton?
$43,750 (±$16,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrenton?
14.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrenton?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrenton work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (11%, 48 mi), Henderson (6%, 15 mi), Cary (3%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warrenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrenton
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.