Kerr-Tar Regional Economic Development, North Carolina Target
Industry Cluster Analysis Overview Target Industry Cluster 03 Table
of contents Industry Cluster Analysis 01 overview Kerr-Tar Region,
NC 4 Overview section 01 Kerr-Tar Region The Kerr-Tar Region is
comprised of three North Carolina counties. Interstate I-85 passes
through the central part of the region connecting to I-40 to the
south. Franklin Granville Person Vance Warren 02 industry cluster
analysis Kerr-Tar Region, NC 6 How to interpret cluster data
results The graphs four quadrants tell a different story for each
cluster. Industry cluster analysis section 02 Modified
from:Emerging Bottom right (weak but advancing) Stars Top right
(strong and advancing) Mature Top left (strong but declining)
Transforming Bottom left (weak and declining) Contains clusters
that are more concentrated in the region and are growing. These
clusters are strengths that help a community stand out from the
competition. Small, high-growth clusters can be expected to become
more dominant over time. Contains clusters that are more
concentrated in the region but are declining (negative growth).
These clusters typically fall into the lower quadrant as job losses
cause a decline in concentration. Contains clusters that are
under-represented in the region but are growing, often quickly. If
growth trends continue, these clusters will eventually move into
the top right quadrant. Clusters in this quadrant are considered
emerging strengths for the region. Contains clusters that are
under-represented in the region (low concentration) and are also
losing jobs. Clusters in this region may indicate a gap in the
workforce pipeline if local industries anticipate a future need. In
general, clusters in this quadrant show a lack of competitiveness.
7 Industry and occupation Note: Label includes cluster name, LQ
2014, and Employment 2014; NAICS 2012 definitions Industry cluster
bubble chart Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW,
self-employed and extended proprietors). Mature Star Transforming
Emerging Note: Mining cluster has too few jobs section 02 8 Mature
Transforming Industry and occupation Note: Label includes cluster
name, LQ 2014, and Employment 2014; NAICS 2012 definition
Manufacturing sub-cluster bubble chart Source: EMSI Class of Worker
(QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors). Star
Emerging Note: Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component
Manufacturing cluster has too few jobs section 02 9 Industry
cluster analysis section 02 Percent Growth in Specialization Level
of Specialization Mature Clusters Chemicals/Chemical-based Products
(3.81; 3,800) Forest & Wood Products (2.11; 2,488) Apparel
& Textiles (1.84; 1,116) NOTE: The first number after each
cluster represents its location quotient while the second number
represents the number of total jobs (full and part time jobs by
place of work) in that cluster in the region. The clusters are
sorted in decreasing order by location quotient. Star Clusters
Glass & Ceramics (4.38; 617) Advanced Materials (1.66; 4,065)
Agribusiness, Food Processing & Tech (1.37; 3,339)
Transportation Equipment Mfg. (1.25; 904) Machinery Manufacturing
(1.08; 587) Emerging Clusters Manufacturing Supercluster (0.96;
2,669) Fabricated Metal Product Mfg. (0.94; 631) Transportation
& Logistics (0.93; 2,426) Energy(Fossil & Renewable) (0.88;
3,928) Information Technology & Telecom. (0.65; 2,119) Defense
& Security (0.61; 2,141) Primary Metal Manufacturing (0.61;
114) Business & Financial Services (0.56; 6,169) Education
& Knowledge Creation (0.48; 924) Arts, Ent, Recreation. &
Visitor Industries (0.47; 1,601) Transforming Clusters
Biomed/Biotechnical (Life Science) (0.91; 5,843) Computer &
Electronic Product Mfg. (0.82; 401) Printing & Publishing
(0.39; 552) Mining (0.28; 70) Electrical Equipment, App & Comp
Mfg. (0.18; 32) * Numbers in parenthesis include location quotient
and employment in Note: Electrical Equipment, Appliance &
Component Manufacturing and Mining clusters have too few jobs 10
Bubble chart interpretation Industry and occupation section 02
Mature Industries Three industry clusters in the Kerr-Tar Region
are in the Maturing stage: Chemicals/Chemical-based Products,
Forest & Wood Products, and Apparel & Textiles. These
industries are relatively concentrated, but their growth is
trending downward. It is worth noting, however, that the Kerr-Tar
Region may find it worthwhile to invest in efforts to shore up the
concentration of these industries. Transforming Industries
Transforming clusters capture the mix of industries that are
experiencing relative decline and limited export capability. In the
Kerr-Tar Region, Biomed/Biotechnical (Life Science), Computer &
Electronic Product Mfg., Printing & Publishing, Mining, and
Electrical Equipment, App & Comp Manufacturing, are all
Transforming clusters. Any amount of growth in these industries
would require relatively large investments. Star Industries Star
industry clusters are highly concentrated, exporting and still
experiencing growth in the region. The most highly concentrated of
the Star industry clusters in the Kerr-Tar Region is Glass &
Ceramics. Its location quotient is 4.38, indicating that the
cluster is 4 times more concentrated in the region compared to the
U.S. The other strong clusters in the region are Advanced
Materials, Agribusiness, Food Processing & Technology,
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing, and Machinery
Manufacturing. Emerging Industries Industry clusters that may be
poised for future growth are classified as Emerging. There are ten
Emerging clusters in the Kerr-Tar Region. Top three that have the
highest LQ are Manufacturing Supercluster, Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing, and Transportation & Logistics. Source: EMSI
Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended
proprietors). 03 target industry cluster Agribusiness, Food
Processing and Technology Advanced Materials Manufacturing
Supercluster 12 Industries Jobs 2014 National Trend, Industry
Trend, Cumulative Expected Growth Actual Job Growth, Regional
Performance, ABC=A+BDD-C Crop Production1, Animal Production Farm
Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
Tobacco Manufacturing Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers Other Farm
Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers Farm and Garden Machinery
and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers Rendering and Meat Byproduct
Processing45000 Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing Flour
Milling Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating Wineries Farm
Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Farm Management Services
section 03 Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW,
self-employed and extended proprietors). Agribusiness, Food
Processing and Technology Cluster Shift-Share Analysis by Top
Industry Sectors: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Note: Upward arrow ( )
indicates regional competitiveness. 13 Industries Estimated Input
($ Millions), 2013 % In-Region% Out of Region Crop Production$ %84%
Animal Production and Aquaculture$27.134%96% Corporate, Subsidiary,
and Regional Managing Offices$14.016%94% Animal (except Poultry)
Slaughtering *$10.870%100% Meat Processed from Carcasses$9.8012%88%
Metal Can Manufacturing **$9.760%100% Other Animal Food
Manufacturing *$9.673%97% Tobacco Manufacturing$8.3096%4% Wholesale
Trade Agents and Brokers$6.1512%88% Other Metal Container
Manufacturing$5.4247%53% Wet Corn Milling **$4.950%100% Farm Labor
Contractors and Crew Leaders$4.8933%67% Pesticide and Other
Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing **$4.780%100% Rail
transportation$4.417%93% Lessors of Residential Buildings and
Dwellings$4.4024%76% Top 15 Inputs by Dollars: Kerr-Tar Region, NC
Note: * industry sector has less than 10 jobs as calculated by
EMSI; ** industry sector is not present in the region.
Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster Source: EMSI
Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended
proprietors). section 03 14 Top 15 Inputs by Dollars: Kerr-Tar
Region, NC Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster
Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and
extended proprietors). section 03 Note: ** industry sector is not
present in the region 15 OccupationsJobs 2014 % Change, Median
Hourly Earnings, 2014 Entry Level Education Farmers, Ranchers, and
Other Agricultural Managers1,592 -6%$10.9High school diploma or
equivalent Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
45912%$9.2Less than high school Laborers and Freight, Stock, and
Material Movers, Hand 6722%$10.9Less than high school Sales
Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and
Scientific Products 570%$22.2High school diploma or equivalent
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers5216%$16.3Postsecondary
non-degree award Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and
Tenders 4757%$13.7High school diploma or equivalent Agricultural
Equipment Operators4621%$8.9Less than high school Industrial Truck
and Tractor Operators3754%$12.1Less than high school Farmworkers,
Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 369%$15.8Less than high
school Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks34 -3%$14.9High
school diploma or equivalent Mixing and Blending Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders 3332%$12.7High school diploma or equivalent
Packers and Packagers, Hand3228%$10.5Less than high school
Slaughterers and Meat Packers28 -33%$12.5Less than high school
General and Operations Managers2827%$46.3Bachelor's degree
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders 2793%$23.4High school diploma or
equivalent Top Occupations: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Note: SOC (Standard
Occupation Classification) 5-digit occupations are included by jobs
in Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster Source:
EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended
proprietors). section 03 16 Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW,
non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors). Advanced
Materials Cluster Shift-Share Analysis by Top Industry Sectors:
Kerr-Tar Region, NC Note: Upward arrow ( ) indicates regional
competitiveness. section 03 Industries Jobs 2014 National Trend,
Industry Trend, Cumulative Expected Growth Actual Job Growth,
Regional Performance, ABC=A+BDD-C Toilet Preparation
Manufacturing1, All Other Basic Organic Chemical Mfg Sheet Metal
Work Manufacturing Surgical and Medical Instrument Mfg Pottery,
Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing Bare Printed Circuit
Board Manufacturing Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Plate
Work Manufacturing Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except
Packaging) Manufacturing All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal
Product Manufacturing Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing Other
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing Surgical
Appliance and Supplies Mfg Machine Shops Research and Development
in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except
Biotechnology) 17 Industries Estimated Input ($ Millions), 2013 %
In-Region% Out of Region Petrochemical Manufacturing *$ %99% All
Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing$ %38% Corporate,
Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices$ %98% Crop Production$
%88% Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing$34.632%98% Rail
transportation$28.014%96% Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy
Manufacturing$27.698%92% Ethyl Alcohol Manufacturing$ %80%
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers$ %88% Other Basic Inorganic
Chemical Manufacturing$20.223%97% All Other Plastics Product
Manufacturing$16.322%98% Fats and Oils Refining and Blending
**$15.680%100% Natural Gas Distribution$14.146%94% Machine
Shops$12.683%97% Toilet Preparation Manufacturing$ %6% Top 15
Inputs by Dollars: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Advanced Materials Cluster
Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and
extended proprietors). Note: * industry sector has less than 10
jobs as calculated by EMSI; ** industry sector is not present in
the region. section 03 18 Top 15 Inputs by Dollars: Kerr-Tar
Region, NC Advanced Materials Cluster Source: EMSI Class of Worker
(QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors). section
03 Note: ** industry sector is not present in the region 19
OccupationsJobs 2014 % Change, Median Hourly Earnings, 2014 Entry
Level Education Team Assemblers2140%$12.0High school diploma or
equivalent Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
%$13.7High school diploma or equivalent Mixing and Blending Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders %$12.7High school diploma or
equivalent First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating
Workers 1659%$24.0Postsecondary non-degree award
Helpers--Production Workers14014%$10.7Less than high school
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers134
-3%$15.7High school diploma or equivalent Laborers and Freight,
Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 1128%$10.9Less than high school
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General978%$17.2High school diploma
or equivalent Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing,
Except Technical and Scientific Products 8417%$22.2High school
diploma or equivalent Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic
Clerks820%$13.6High school diploma or equivalent
Machinists8121%$16.8High school diploma or equivalent Industrial
Truck and Tractor Operators805%$12.1Less than high school Chemical
Equipment Operators and Tenders79 -2%$22.2High school diploma or
equivalent Packers and Packagers, Hand770%$10.5Less than high
school Industrial Machinery Mechanics7311%$20.2High school diploma
or equivalent Top Occupations: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Note: SOC
(Standard Occupation Classification) 5-digit occupations are
included by jobs in Advanced Materials Cluster Source: EMSI Class
of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors).
section 03 20 Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW,
self-employed and extended proprietors). Manufacturing Supercluster
Shift-Share Analysis by Top Industry Sectors: Kerr-Tar Region, NC
Note: Upward arrow ( ) indicates regional competitiveness. section
03 Industries Jobs 2014 National Trend, Industry Trend, Cumulative
Expected Growth Actual Job Growth, Regional Performance,
ABC=A+BDD-C Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts
Manufacturing Construction Machinery Manufacturing Sheet Metal Work
Manufacturing Analytical Laboratory Instrument Mfg Bare Printed
Circuit Board Manufacturing Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping Other
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing Plate Work Manufacturing All
Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification
Equipment Mfg Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery
Manufacturing Machine Shops Other Metal Container Manufacturing
Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Mfg57000 Iron and Steel Mills and
Ferroalloy Mfg 21 Industries Estimated Input ($ Millions), 2013 %
In-Region% Out of Region Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy
Manufacturing$52.395%95% Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional
Managing Offices$44.314%96% Machine Shops$17.683%97% Custom Roll
Forming **$14.760%100% Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping$11.344%96%
Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers$9.168%92% Iron Foundries
**$9.050%100% Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundries **$7.100%100%
Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding **$7.040%100% Bolt,
Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing **$5.930%100% Aluminum
Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing$5.6758%42% Secondary Smelting
and Alloying of Aluminum **$5.400%100% Lessors of Nonfinancial
Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) * $5.380%100%
Precision Turned Product Manufacturing **$5.310%100% Other Motor
Vehicle Parts Manufacturing$5.2628%72% Top 15 Inputs by Dollars:
Kerr-Tar Region, NC Manufacturing Supercluster Source: EMSI Class
of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors).
Note: * industry sector has less than 10 jobs as calculated by
EMSI; ** industry sector is not present in the region. section 03
22 Top 15 Inputs by Dollars: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Manufacturing
Supercluster Source: EMSI Class of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW,
self-employed and extended proprietors). section 03 Note: **
industry sector is not present in the region. 23 OccupationsJobs
2014 % Change, Median Hourly Earnings, $ 2014 Entry Level Education
Team Assemblers30914%$12.0High school diploma or equivalent
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1139%$10.1High school diploma or
equivalent Machinists10830%$16.8High school diploma or equivalent
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
9916%$24.0Postsecondary non-degree award Inspectors, Testers,
Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers959%$15.7High school diploma or
equivalent Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers778%$15.0High
school diploma or equivalent Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Assemblers69 -26%$12.2High school diploma or equivalent
Helpers--Production Workers6622%$10.7Less than high school
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
6127%$16.1High school diploma or equivalent Welding, Soldering, and
Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 5644%$15.6High
school diploma or equivalent Laborers and Freight, Stock, and
Material Movers, Hand 5525%$10.9Less than high school Industrial
Engineers534%$35.1Bachelor's degree Shipping, Receiving, and
Traffic Clerks4917%$13.6High school diploma or equivalent Sales
Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and
Scientific Products 4724%$22.2High school diploma or equivalent
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General4525%$17.2High school
diploma or equivalent Top Occupations: Kerr-Tar Region, NC Note:
SOC (Standard Occupation Classification) 5-digit occupations are
included by jobs in Manufacturing Supercluster Source: EMSI Class
of Worker (QCEW, non-QCEW, self-employed and extended proprietors).
section 03 24 Report Contributors This report was prepared by the
Purdue Center for Regional Development, in partnership with the
Southern Rural Development Center and USDA Rural Development, in
support of the Stronger Economies Together program. Data Analysis
Ayoung Kim Francisco Scott Report Authors Bo Beaulieu, PhD
Indraneel Kumar, PhD Andrey Zhalnin, PhD Report Design Tyler Wright
This report was supported, in part, by grant from the USDA Rural
Development through the auspices of the Southern Rural Development
Center. It was produced in support of the Stronger Economies
Together (SET) program. For more information, please contact: Dr.
Bo Beaulieu, PCRD Director: Or The Purdue Center for Regional
Development (PCRD) seeks to pioneer new ideas and strategies that
contribute to regional collaboration, innovation and prosperity.
September 2015
