Work & commute · Kernersville

Work & commute in Kernersville, NC

Most working residents leave Kernersville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (25%), Greensboro (18%) and High Point (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,371 of 11,708 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,337 Kernersville residents head out of town to work, 1,371 work right here, and 16,763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kernersville.

10,337live here, work elsewhere

1,371live and work here

16,763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kernersville goes to work

Winston-Salem10 mi away

25%2,945

Greensboro14.4 mi away

18%2,104

Kernersville (in town)right here

12%1,371

High Point9.4 mi away

7%834

Charlotte74.9 mi away

5%570

Raleigh82.8 mi away

2%290

Durham66.7 mi away

1%151

Thomasville15.5 mi away

1%97

Clemmons17.8 mi away

1%82

Burlington34.3 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%3,187

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

How far

How far Kernersville commutes

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

38%

35%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kernersville 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 Kernersville are

18,134 jobs are based in Kernersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kernersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kernersville

18,134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kernersville residents hold

11,708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+38%

Jobs based in Kernersville, 2013 → 2023: 13,186 → 18,134. 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.