Work & commute · Reidsville

Work & commute in Reidsville, NC

Most working residents leave Reidsville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (23%), Raleigh (4%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

980 of 5,779 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,799 Reidsville residents head out of town to work, 980 work right here, and 5,200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reidsville.

4,799live here, work elsewhere

980live and work here

5,200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reidsville goes to work

Greensboro18.6 mi away

23%1,311

Reidsville (in town)right here

17%980

Raleigh67.6 mi away

4%234

Charlotte101.3 mi away

4%206

Eden12 mi away

3%189

Burlington21.4 mi away

3%154

Winston-Salem36.3 mi away

3%152

Durham50 mi away

2%140

High Point29.7 mi away

2%127

Wentworth6.3 mi away

2%119

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,167

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

How far

How far Reidsville commutes

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

25%

38%

13%

23%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reidsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reidsville are

6,180 jobs are based in Reidsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reidsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reidsville

6,180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Reidsville residents hold

5,779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−19%

Jobs based in Reidsville, 2013 → 2023: 7,676 → 6,180. 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.