Work & commute · Alamance

Work & commute in Alamance, NC

Most working residents leave Alamance for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (26%), Durham (8%) and Greensboro (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 467 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 464 Alamance residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamance.

464live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamance goes to work

Burlington3.5 mi away

26%121

Durham33.2 mi away

8%38

Greensboro19.3 mi away

8%36

Graham5.9 mi away

6%27

Chapel Hill26 mi away

5%22

Charlotte94.2 mi away

4%21

Mebane12.4 mi away

4%18

Raleigh49.3 mi away

3%15

Cary40.9 mi away

2%9

Winston-Salem43.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%153

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alamance commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

17%

24%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamance is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamance are

147 jobs are based in Alamance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamance

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Alamance residents hold

467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−40%

Jobs based in Alamance, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 147. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.