Work & commute · Tyro

Work & commute in Tyro, NC

Most working residents leave Tyro for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lexington (14%), Winston-Salem (10%) and Salisbury (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,677 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,626 Tyro residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tyro.

1,626live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tyro goes to work

Lexington5.7 mi away

14%228

Winston-Salem21.9 mi away

10%160

Salisbury11.3 mi away

7%124

Greensboro37 mi away

5%84

Charlotte48.2 mi away

4%71

High Point25.2 mi away

4%70

Tyro (in town)right here

3%51

Thomasville17.5 mi away

3%47

Welcome10 mi away

3%47

Raleigh97.3 mi away

2%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%759

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

How far

How far Tyro commutes

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

34%

33%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tyro is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tyro are

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

Jobs based in Tyro

517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tyro residents hold

1,677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+43%

Jobs based in Tyro, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 517. 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.