Work & commute · Summerfield

Work & commute in Summerfield, NC

Most working residents leave Summerfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (44%), Winston-Salem (8%) and High Point (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 4,834 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,624 Summerfield residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerfield.

4,624live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerfield goes to work

Greensboro8.2 mi away

44%2,147

Winston-Salem21.3 mi away

8%363

High Point15.2 mi away

6%270

Charlotte86 mi away

5%226

Summerfield (in town)right here

4%210

Raleigh74.6 mi away

2%117

Kernersville12.1 mi away

2%94

Durham57.8 mi away

1%68

Burlington25.3 mi away

1%61

Oak Ridge5.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,243

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

How far

How far Summerfield commutes

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

39%

34%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerfield is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerfield are

1,321 jobs are based in Summerfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summerfield

1,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Summerfield residents hold

4,834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+38%

Jobs based in Summerfield, 2013 → 2023: 960 → 1,321. 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.