Work & commute · Wilkesboro

Work & commute in Wilkesboro, NC

About one in 3 of Wilkesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are North Wilkesboro (10%), Winston-Salem (7%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

422 of 1,368 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 946 Wilkesboro residents head out of town to work, 422 work right here, and 8,628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilkesboro.

946live here, work elsewhere

422live and work here

8,628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilkesboro goes to work

Wilkesboro (in town)right here

31%422

North Wilkesboro3 mi away

10%141

Winston-Salem51.2 mi away

7%98

Charlotte67.4 mi away

5%66

Mooresville43.3 mi away

1%20

Statesville30.1 mi away

1%19

Raleigh143.4 mi away

1%18

Boone27.7 mi away

1%17

Moravian Falls2.4 mi away

1%17

Greensboro75.6 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%534

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

How far

How far Wilkesboro commutes

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

49%

16%

27%

49%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilkesboro is a job hub

6.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilkesboro are

9,050 jobs are based in Wilkesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilkesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilkesboro

9,050 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wilkesboro residents hold

1,368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Wilkesboro, 2013 → 2023: 10,089 → 9,050. 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.