Work & commute · Flat Rock

Work & commute in Flat Rock, NC

Most working residents leave Flat Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Airy (29%), Winston-Salem (12%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 559 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 556 Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Rock.

556live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Rock goes to work

Mount Airy1.8 mi away

29%163

Winston-Salem33.2 mi away

12%65

Charlotte90.8 mi away

5%27

Pilot Mountain10.5 mi away

4%20

Dobson11.2 mi away

3%18

Elkin22.4 mi away

2%11

Greensboro51 mi away

2%10

Mooresville65.3 mi away

2%9

Raleigh117.9 mi away

2%9

Yadkinville26.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%221

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

How far

How far Flat Rock commutes

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

42%

13%

19%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Rock is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Rock are

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

Jobs based in Flat Rock

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Flat Rock residents hold

559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−29%

Jobs based in Flat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 148. 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.