Work & commute · Greensboro

Work & commute in Greensboro, NC

49% of Greensboro’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are High Point (7%), Charlotte (6%) and Winston-Salem (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

58,138 of 119,454 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 61,316 Greensboro residents head out of town to work, 58,138 work right here, and 126,966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greensboro.

61,316live here, work elsewhere

58,138live and work here

126,966work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greensboro goes to work

Greensboro (in town)right here

49%58,138

High Point11.9 mi away

7%7,781

Charlotte83.3 mi away

6%6,590

Winston-Salem24.4 mi away

5%5,865

Raleigh68.6 mi away

3%3,251

Burlington19.9 mi away

2%2,545

Durham52.3 mi away

2%2,037

Kernersville14.4 mi away

2%1,845

Cary59.9 mi away

1%847

Asheboro27.1 mi away

0%575

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%29,980

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

How far

How far Greensboro commutes

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

53%

17%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greensboro is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Greensboro are

185,104 jobs are based in Greensboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greensboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greensboro

185,104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Greensboro residents hold

119,454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+8%

Jobs based in Greensboro, 2013 → 2023: 171,129 → 185,104. 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.