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Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, NC

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (19%), Mayodan (6%) and Raleigh (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
83 of 979 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 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 896 Madison residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 1,784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

896live here, work elsewhere
83live and work here
1,784work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Madison goes to work

StonevilleMayodanMadisonEdenReidsvilleKernersvilleStokesdaleBurlingtonCharlotteHigh PointDurhamWinston-SalemGreensboroRaleighGreensboroMayodanRaleighEdenBurlingtonHigh PointDurhamWinston-SalemCharlotteMadison
1
Greensboro22.3 mi away
19%182
2
Madison (in town)right here
8%83
3
Mayodan2 mi away
6%54
4
Raleigh84 mi away
4%43
5
Eden15.1 mi away
3%31
6
Burlington35.8 mi away
3%31
7
High Point27.9 mi away
3%31
8
Durham66.6 mi away
3%29
9
Winston-Salem25.6 mi away
3%25
10
Charlotte94.9 mi away
2%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%446

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

1,867 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

1,867 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Madison residents hold

979 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month46%
−13%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 2,141 → 1,867. 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.

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