Work & commute · Walkertown

Work & commute in Walkertown, NC

Most working residents leave Walkertown for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (35%), Greensboro (13%) and Kernersville (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 2,559 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,508 Walkertown residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 1,754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walkertown.

2,508live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

1,754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walkertown goes to work

Winston-Salem6.1 mi away

35%908

Greensboro19.6 mi away

13%325

Kernersville5.7 mi away

7%190

High Point14.8 mi away

5%126

Charlotte74.9 mi away

4%114

Raleigh88.2 mi away

3%73

Walkertown (in town)right here

2%51

Durham72 mi away

2%43

Clemmons14.6 mi away

1%30

Cary79.4 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%677

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

How far

How far Walkertown commutes

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

42%

31%

21%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walkertown is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walkertown are

1,805 jobs are based in Walkertown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walkertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walkertown

1,805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Walkertown residents hold

2,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+33%

Jobs based in Walkertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,354 → 1,805. 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.