Work & commute · Archdale

Work & commute in Archdale, NC

Most working residents leave Archdale for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are High Point (24%), Greensboro (18%) and Thomasville (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 5,451 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,053 Archdale residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 4,925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Archdale.

5,053live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

4,925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Archdale goes to work

High Point6.2 mi away

24%1,283

Greensboro15.2 mi away

18%979

Archdale (in town)right here

7%398

Thomasville7 mi away

4%220

Winston-Salem21.7 mi away

4%206

Charlotte68.6 mi away

3%188

Asheboro16.5 mi away

3%149

Raleigh74 mi away

2%120

Trinity3.4 mi away

1%80

Burlington29.9 mi away

1%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,759

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

How far

How far Archdale commutes

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

41%

33%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Archdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Archdale are

5,323 jobs are based in Archdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Archdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Archdale

5,323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Archdale residents hold

5,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+6%

Jobs based in Archdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,017 → 5,323. 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.