Work & commute · Thomasville

Work & commute in Thomasville, NC

Most working residents leave Thomasville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are High Point (18%), Greensboro (11%) and Winston-Salem (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,703 of 12,209 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,506 Thomasville residents head out of town to work, 1,703 work right here, and 10,602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomasville.

10,506live here, work elsewhere

1,703live and work here

10,602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomasville goes to work

High Point9.1 mi away

18%2,148

Thomasville (in town)right here

14%1,703

Greensboro20.6 mi away

11%1,365

Winston-Salem18.3 mi away

9%1,135

Charlotte62.7 mi away

5%614

Lexington12.3 mi away

3%311

Archdale7 mi away

3%306

Raleigh80.7 mi away

2%267

Kernersville15.5 mi away

1%175

Asheboro19.9 mi away

1%150

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%4,035

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

How far

How far Thomasville commutes

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

39%

33%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomasville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomasville are

12,305 jobs are based in Thomasville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thomasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thomasville

12,305 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Thomasville residents hold

12,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Thomasville, 2013 → 2023: 10,670 → 12,305. 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.