Work & commute · Wadesboro

Work & commute in Wadesboro, NC

Most working residents leave Wadesboro for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (13%), Monroe (11%) and Polkton (2%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

380 of 2,110 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,730 Wadesboro residents head out of town to work, 380 work right here, and 2,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wadesboro.

1,730live here, work elsewhere

380live and work here

2,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wadesboro goes to work

Wadesboro (in town)right here

18%380

Charlotte46 mi away

13%266

Monroe27.5 mi away

11%233

Polkton7.4 mi away

2%41

Rockingham17.9 mi away

2%37

Raleigh100.6 mi away

2%37

Concord43.3 mi away

2%35

Winston-Salem79.4 mi away

2%33

Greensboro79.4 mi away

1%31

Ansonville9.9 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%988

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

How far

How far Wadesboro commutes

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

29%

16%

29%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wadesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wadesboro are

2,697 jobs are based in Wadesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wadesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wadesboro

2,697 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wadesboro residents hold

2,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Wadesboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,049 → 2,697. 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.