Work & commute · High Point

Work & commute in High Point, NC

About one in 4 of High Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (25%), Winston-Salem (10%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

11,094 of 48,765 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 37,671 High Point residents head out of town to work, 11,094 work right here, and 46,420 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Point.

37,671live here, work elsewhere

11,094live and work here

46,420work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Point goes to work

Greensboro11.9 mi away

25%11,948

High Point (in town)right here

23%11,094

Winston-Salem16.9 mi away

10%4,938

Charlotte71.7 mi away

5%2,482

Raleigh76.4 mi away

3%1,248

Kernersville9.4 mi away

2%986

Thomasville9.1 mi away

2%969

Archdale6.2 mi away

2%820

Durham61.2 mi away

2%780

Burlington29.9 mi away

1%652

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%12,848

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

How far

How far High Point commutes

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

44%

29%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in High Point are

57,514 jobs are based in High Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs High Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in High Point

57,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs High Point residents hold

48,765 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−2%

Jobs based in High Point, 2013 → 2023: 58,803 → 57,514. 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.