Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, NC

Most working residents leave Lexington for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (10%), Charlotte (6%) and Greensboro (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,346 of 7,973 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 6,627 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 1,346 work right here, and 10,772 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

6,627live here, work elsewhere

1,346live and work here

10,772work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington goes to work

Lexington (in town)right here

17%1,346

Winston-Salem21.1 mi away

10%832

Charlotte51.3 mi away

6%498

Greensboro32.5 mi away

6%454

High Point20.7 mi away

5%427

Welcome7.6 mi away

4%347

Salisbury15.2 mi away

4%319

Thomasville12.3 mi away

4%286

Raleigh91.5 mi away

2%196

Kernersville23.9 mi away

1%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,188

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

31%

32%

16%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is a job hub

1.52jobs 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 Lexington are

12,118 jobs are based in Lexington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lexington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lexington

12,118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

7,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+1%

Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 12,013 → 12,118. 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.