Work & commute · Mount Airy

Work & commute in Mount Airy, NC

About one in 3 of Mount Airy’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (10%), Dobson (5%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,326 of 4,187 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,861 Mount Airy residents head out of town to work, 1,326 work right here, and 7,993 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Airy.

2,861live here, work elsewhere

1,326live and work here

7,993work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Airy goes to work

Mount Airy (in town)right here

32%1,326

Winston-Salem34.3 mi away

10%422

Dobson10 mi away

5%221

Charlotte90.6 mi away

4%169

Greensboro52.5 mi away

2%66

Pilot Mountain11.6 mi away

2%63

Elkin21.3 mi away

1%53

Mooresville65 mi away

1%52

Raleigh119.6 mi away

1%45

Boone61.9 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,738

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

How far

How far Mount Airy commutes

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

47%

11%

18%

25%

47%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Airy is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Airy are

9,319 jobs are based in Mount Airy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Airy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Airy

9,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mount Airy residents hold

4,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+1%

Jobs based in Mount Airy, 2013 → 2023: 9,215 → 9,319. 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.