Work & commute · Pilot Mountain

Work & commute in Pilot Mountain, NC

Most working residents leave Pilot Mountain for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (26%), Mount Airy (10%) and Dobson (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 531 Pilot Mountain residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 1,269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot Mountain.

531live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

1,269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot Mountain goes to work

Winston-Salem22.8 mi away

26%152

Mount Airy11.6 mi away

10%61

Pilot Mountain (in town)right here

9%50

Dobson13.9 mi away

4%24

Charlotte83.6 mi away

3%20

King10 mi away

3%15

Rural Hall15 mi away

2%13

Mooresville58.7 mi away

2%11

Greensboro41.4 mi away

1%8

Yadkinville20.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%220

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

How far

How far Pilot Mountain commutes

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

18%

50%

11%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot Mountain is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot Mountain are

1,319 jobs are based in Pilot Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pilot Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pilot Mountain

1,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pilot Mountain residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Pilot Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 1,137 → 1,319. 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.