Work & commute · Gibsonville

Work & commute in Gibsonville, NC

Most working residents leave Gibsonville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (20%), Greensboro (19%) and Durham (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 3,703 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,644 Gibsonville residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 776 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibsonville.

3,644live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

776work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibsonville goes to work

Burlington4.5 mi away

20%758

Greensboro15.7 mi away

19%702

Durham37 mi away

5%177

Charlotte95.1 mi away

5%171

Elon1.9 mi away

5%167

Raleigh53.8 mi away

4%151

Winston-Salem40.1 mi away

3%113

Graham9.1 mi away

2%92

High Point26.3 mi away

2%70

Gibsonville (in town)right here

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,243

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

How far

How far Gibsonville commutes

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

35%

25%

18%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibsonville is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibsonville are

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

Jobs based in Gibsonville

835 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Gibsonville residents hold

3,703 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−14%

Jobs based in Gibsonville, 2013 → 2023: 973 → 835. 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.