Work & commute · Candor

Work & commute in Candor, NC

Most working residents leave Candor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (9%), Biscoe (6%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 307 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 298 Candor residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candor.

298live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candor goes to work

Troy10.1 mi away

9%27

Biscoe5.1 mi away

6%19

Charlotte62.3 mi away

5%15

Mount Gilead16.3 mi away

4%12

Pinehurst16.5 mi away

3%10

Asheboro28.4 mi away

3%10

Candor (in town)right here

3%9

Greensboro55.4 mi away

3%9

Rockingham24.8 mi away

2%7

Southern Pines19.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%182

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

How far

How far Candor commutes

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

22%

29%

18%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Candor are

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

Jobs based in Candor

238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Candor residents hold

307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−51%

Jobs based in Candor, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 238. 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.