Work & commute · Ronda

Work & commute in Ronda, NC

Most working residents leave Ronda for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elkin (15%), Wilkesboro (13%) and North Wilkesboro (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Ronda residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ronda.

160live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ronda goes to work

Elkin6.1 mi away

15%25

Wilkesboro14.1 mi away

13%21

North Wilkesboro11.4 mi away

6%9

Winston-Salem38.9 mi away

4%7

Charlotte70.3 mi away

4%6

Greensboro63.1 mi away

3%5

Jonesville6.2 mi away

2%4

Boone40.2 mi away

2%3

Mount Airy27 mi away

2%3

Raleigh131.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%76

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

How far

How far Ronda commutes

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

33%

29%

19%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ronda is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ronda are

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

Jobs based in Ronda

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ronda residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−70%

Jobs based in Ronda, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 165. 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.