Work & commute · Millers Creek

Work & commute in Millers Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Millers Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wilkesboro (25%), North Wilkesboro (11%) and Winston-Salem (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 677 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 664 Millers Creek residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millers Creek.

664live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millers Creek goes to work

Wilkesboro4.7 mi away

25%171

North Wilkesboro5.5 mi away

11%72

Winston-Salem54.7 mi away

9%61

Charlotte71.5 mi away

5%35

Boone24 mi away

3%18

Mooresville47.8 mi away

2%14

Moravian Falls6.3 mi away

2%14

Millers Creek (in town)right here

2%13

Statesville34.7 mi away

1%10

Greensboro79.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%260

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

How far

How far Millers Creek commutes

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

47%

12%

11%

30%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millers Creek is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Millers Creek are

283 jobs are based in Millers Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millers Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millers Creek

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Millers Creek residents hold

677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+55%

Jobs based in Millers Creek, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 283. 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.