Work & commute · Cricket

Work & commute in Cricket, NC

Most working residents leave Cricket for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkesboro (24%), North Wilkesboro (14%) and Winston-Salem (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 638 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 638 Cricket residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cricket.

638live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cricket goes to work

Wilkesboro2 mi away

24%155

North Wilkesboro3.1 mi away

14%89

Winston-Salem52.2 mi away

8%48

Charlotte69.4 mi away

5%29

Boone26.5 mi away

2%12

Elkin20.4 mi away

2%11

Raleigh144.6 mi away

2%11

Greensboro76.6 mi away

1%9

Millers Creek2.8 mi away

1%9

Statesville32.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%257

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

How far

How far Cricket commutes

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

45%

10%

14%

31%

45%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cricket is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cricket are

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

Jobs based in Cricket

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month57%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Cricket residents hold

638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−83%

Jobs based in Cricket, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 56. 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.