Work & commute · Southmont

Work & commute in Southmont, NC

Most working residents leave Southmont for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (15%), Winston-Salem (13%) and High Point (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 653 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 651 Southmont residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southmont.

651live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southmont goes to work

Lexington10.1 mi away

15%95

Winston-Salem31.3 mi away

13%82

High Point28.4 mi away

7%44

Charlotte43.7 mi away

5%35

Salisbury12.2 mi away

4%27

Greensboro39.8 mi away

3%21

Welcome17.7 mi away

3%19

Raleigh92.5 mi away

3%18

Thomasville19.3 mi away

3%17

Asheboro26.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%287

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

How far

How far Southmont commutes

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

15%

37%

35%

13%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southmont is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Southmont are

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

Jobs based in Southmont

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Southmont residents hold

653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+32%

Jobs based in Southmont, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 50. 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.