Joshua James Blanchard House · Photo: Mx._Granger · CC0Household incomes in Warsaw trail those of 82% of U.S. towns
17.7% of residents are in poverty (North Carolina 13.0%). For jobs and income Warsaw is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). Working from home is the commute for 2% 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
Where Warsaw stands out on work
Warsaw is where the jobs are
Warsaw has 1,828 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Few Warsaw workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Warsaw has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Warsaw went from 1,267 in 2013 to 1,828 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Warsaw earns its Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Warsaw’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($54,297, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warsaw could be anywhere from D to B−.
Warsaw on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,018 residents head out to work, 118 work right here, and 1,710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Warsaw on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Warsaw: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warsaw workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,272 commuters (the 2% 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 1,828 jobs based in Warsaw
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warsaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,267 → 1,828. 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 Warsaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Warsaw live
Where Warsaw clocks in
6% 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.
How far it is to work from Warsaw
About 28% 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.
Most trips from Warsaw start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,298 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.6% of Warsaw households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warsaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Warsaw ranks 3,669th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,667 | Buena Vista CO | 3,248 | $78K | 7.3% | 12.4% | 30% | C− |
| 3,668 | Neodesha KS | 2,188 | $51K | 16.5% | 3.0% | 36% | C− |
| 3,669 | Warsaw NC | 2,853 | $54K | 17.7% | 3.2% | 10% | C− |
| 3,670 | Cheshire Township MI | 2,258 | $64K | 10.5% | 5.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,671 | Washington Township OH | 3,390 | $55K | 15.6% | 4.5% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Warsaw, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Warsaw: questions
What is the median household income in Warsaw?
$54,297 (±$16,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warsaw?
17.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warsaw?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warsaw work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenansville (8%, 8 mi), Clinton (6%, 14 mi), Raleigh (4%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warsaw walkable?
Warsaw is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warsaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warsaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warsaw
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.