Work & commute · King

Work & commute in King, NC

Most working residents leave King for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (35%), Greensboro (6%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

225 of 3,252 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,027 King residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 2,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in King.

3,027live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

2,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where King goes to work

Winston-Salem13 mi away

35%1,131

King (in town)right here

7%225

Greensboro32.2 mi away

6%206

Charlotte78.3 mi away

5%160

High Point28.2 mi away

2%72

Kernersville19.2 mi away

2%69

Raleigh100.6 mi away

2%63

Mount Airy21.6 mi away

2%57

Rural Hall5 mi away

2%54

Tobaccoville3.4 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,182

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

How far

How far King commutes

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

21%

42%

15%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

King is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in King are

2,938 jobs are based in King. Here is what they are, next to the jobs King’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in King

2,938 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs King residents hold

3,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−20%

Jobs based in King, 2013 → 2023: 3,674 → 2,938. 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.