At 1.5%, unemployment in Youngsville is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26. The two grades for Youngsville are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% work in Youngsville itself; outside it, Raleigh draws the most (30%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Youngsville: the gist
Jobs in Youngsville have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Youngsville went from 712 in 2013 to 1,767 in 2023, +148%. The jobs ↓
Youngsville is where the jobs are
Youngsville has 1,767 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Youngsville and Raleigh trade workers both ways
Raleigh is the top workplace for Youngsville residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Youngsville come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Youngsville’s workers comes from Raleigh
198 of the people who work in Youngsville live in Raleigh, 17 miles away, more than from any other town. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Youngsville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Youngsville is better than 67% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Youngsville’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (14.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Youngsville could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A place that makes things: 32% of Youngsville’s jobs are in goods
1,767 jobs are based in Youngsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Youngsville, 2013 → 2023: 712 → 1,767. 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 Youngsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Youngsville by day and by night
On a workday 1,040 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 1,743 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Youngsville on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.7 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 into Youngsville
Where Youngsville clocks in
30% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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 commute of about 27 minutes in Youngsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Youngsville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,218 commuters (the 12% 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 Youngsville
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.
Most trips from Youngsville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Youngsville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,382 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). 0.1% of Youngsville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Youngsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Youngsville is 1,371st among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 55 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,369 | Emmitsburg MD | 2,910 | $81K | 11.6% | 0.9% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,370 | Cape Carteret NC | 2,273 | $86K | 6.1% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,371 | Youngsville NC | 2,461 | $87K | 14.3% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,372 | Stanley ND | 2,181 | $110K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,373 | Burlington Township MN | 1,718 | $106K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Youngsville, 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 Youngsville: questions
What is the median household income in Youngsville?
$86,528 (±$27,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Youngsville?
14.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Youngsville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Youngsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Raleigh (30%, 17 mi), Durham (10%, 24 mi), Wake Forest (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Youngsville walkable?
Youngsville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Youngsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Youngsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Youngsville
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.