Work & commute · Rural Hall

Work & commute in Rural Hall, NC

Most working residents leave Rural Hall for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (46%), Greensboro (7%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 1,538 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,492 Rural Hall residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 1,958 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rural Hall.

1,492live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

1,958work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rural Hall goes to work

Winston-Salem8.4 mi away

46%706

Greensboro27.7 mi away

7%110

Charlotte76.1 mi away

4%64

Rural Hall (in town)right here

3%46

King5 mi away

3%43

Raleigh96.3 mi away

2%35

Kernersville14.3 mi away

2%30

Durham79.8 mi away

2%25

High Point23.2 mi away

1%23

Tobaccoville3.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%441

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

How far

How far Rural Hall commutes

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

39%

29%

11%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rural Hall is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rural Hall are

2,004 jobs are based in Rural Hall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rural Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rural Hall

2,004 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rural Hall residents hold

1,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−7%

Jobs based in Rural Hall, 2013 → 2023: 2,155 → 2,004. 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.