Raleigh

City Commute Profile

Raleigh, NC

Where Raleigh’s 231,270 resident workers go each day — 43.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Durham.

North CarolinaLODES 2023 data
64
Commute Score

64 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Raleigh at a glance
Employed Residents
231,270
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
43.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
25.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Durham
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Raleigh proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Raleigh commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Raleigh

231,270 commutes, one dot at a time

Raleigh

Where 231,270 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Raleigh, by worker count.

1Raleigh0.0 mi101,414
2Durham18.2 mi22,706
3Cary11.0 mi17,992
4Charlotte130.6 mi10,170
5Morrisville11.3 mi5,895
6Garner9.3 mi4,838
7Chapel Hill23.4 mi3,292
8Wake Forest11.8 mi3,179

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Raleigh.

1Raleigh0.0 mi101,414
2Cary11.0 mi20,770
3Durham18.2 mi17,501
4Charlotte130.6 mi10,059
5Wake Forest11.8 mi8,344
6Apex14.9 mi8,017
7Garner9.3 mi6,581
8Holly Springs16.2 mi5,253

Top industries

The sectors that employ Raleigh’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services12.5%
PAPublic Administration11.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.0%
RTRetail Trade8.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.1%
FIFinance and Insurance6.4%
EDEducational Services5.9%
COConstruction5.7%

Raleigh city profile

Who lives in Raleigh — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
481,031
Median age
34.7yrs
Median household income
$85,395
Median home value
$415,800
Median gross rent
$1,572/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
54.0%
Poverty rate
11.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Raleigh

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

8 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps96%
See all internet providers in Raleigh

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).