Work & commute · Wentworth

Work & commute in Wentworth, NC

Most working residents leave Wentworth for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greensboro (20%), Reidsville (10%) and Eden (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,110 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 1,067 Wentworth residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 1,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wentworth.

1,067live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

1,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wentworth goes to work

Greensboro21.5 mi away

20%219

Reidsville6.3 mi away

10%110

Eden7.1 mi away

8%85

Raleigh73.7 mi away

5%54

Wentworth (in town)right here

4%43

Charlotte102 mi away

4%39

Winston-Salem34.8 mi away

3%33

Durham56.1 mi away

3%30

Burlington27.6 mi away

2%25

High Point31.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%451

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

How far

How far Wentworth commutes

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

29%

15%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wentworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wentworth are

1,236 jobs are based in Wentworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wentworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wentworth

1,236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Wentworth residents hold

1,110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+73%

Jobs based in Wentworth, 2013 → 2023: 714 → 1,236. 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.