Work & commute · Denton

Work & commute in Denton, NC

Most working residents leave Denton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are High Point (7%), Charlotte (7%) and Thomasville (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 555 Denton residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denton.

555live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denton goes to work

Denton (in town)right here

8%50

High Point25.3 mi away

7%44

Charlotte50.3 mi away

7%41

Thomasville16.9 mi away

6%36

Winston-Salem33.2 mi away

5%32

Asheboro17.8 mi away

5%29

Lexington14.3 mi away

4%27

Salisbury21.6 mi away

3%20

Greensboro35.4 mi away

3%19

Raleigh83.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%297

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

How far

How far Denton commutes

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

21%

38%

24%

17%

21%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denton are

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

Jobs based in Denton

727 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Denton residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−16%

Jobs based in Denton, 2013 → 2023: 870 → 727. 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.