Work & commute · Walnut Cove

Work & commute in Walnut Cove, NC

Most working residents leave Walnut Cove for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Winston-Salem (24%), Greensboro (11%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 651 Walnut Cove residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Cove.

651live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Cove goes to work

Winston-Salem14.8 mi away

24%166

Greensboro22.4 mi away

11%78

Charlotte84.3 mi away

6%40

Walnut Cove (in town)right here

5%35

Kernersville13.4 mi away

4%29

High Point22.5 mi away

2%15

Raleigh89.6 mi away

2%13

Salisbury47.6 mi away

2%11

Rural Hall10 mi away

1%9

King12.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%282

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

How far

How far Walnut Cove commutes

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

13%

49%

11%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Cove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Cove are

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

Jobs based in Walnut Cove

808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Walnut Cove residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+35%

Jobs based in Walnut Cove, 2013 → 2023: 598 → 808. 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.