Work & commute · Asheboro

Work & commute in Asheboro, NC

About one in 3 of Asheboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (11%), High Point (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

3,131 of 10,778 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 7,647 Asheboro residents head out of town to work, 3,131 work right here, and 15,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asheboro.

7,647live here, work elsewhere

3,131live and work here

15,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asheboro goes to work

Asheboro (in town)right here

29%3,131

Greensboro27.1 mi away

11%1,238

High Point22.5 mi away

5%590

Charlotte67.1 mi away

4%419

Winston-Salem37.7 mi away

4%401

Randleman7.8 mi away

3%323

Raleigh65.8 mi away

3%289

Archdale16.5 mi away

1%138

Durham54.2 mi away

1%132

Burlington31.9 mi away

1%127

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%3,990

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

How far

How far Asheboro commutes

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

39%

21%

19%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asheboro is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Asheboro are

18,461 jobs are based in Asheboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Asheboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Asheboro

18,461 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Asheboro residents hold

10,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−5%

Jobs based in Asheboro, 2013 → 2023: 19,406 → 18,461. 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.