Work & commute · Stokesdale

Work & commute in Stokesdale, NC

Most working residents leave Stokesdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (36%), Winston-Salem (11%) and High Point (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 2,890 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,774 Stokesdale residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 1,335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stokesdale.

2,774live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

1,335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stokesdale goes to work

Greensboro12.2 mi away

36%1,040

Winston-Salem17.8 mi away

11%330

High Point16 mi away

6%175

Charlotte84.8 mi away

5%136

Stokesdale (in town)right here

4%116

Kernersville9.9 mi away

3%98

Raleigh79.4 mi away

2%59

Oak Ridge3.4 mi away

1%33

Reidsville18.5 mi away

1%31

Durham62.5 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%842

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

How far

How far Stokesdale commutes

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

19%

55%

20%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stokesdale is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stokesdale are

1,451 jobs are based in Stokesdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stokesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stokesdale

1,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stokesdale residents hold

2,890 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+67%

Jobs based in Stokesdale, 2013 → 2023: 868 → 1,451. 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.