Work & commute · Wilson's Mills

Work & commute in Wilson's Mills, NC

Most working residents leave Wilson's Mills for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Raleigh (23%), Durham (6%) and Smithfield (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 1,294 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,282 Wilson's Mills residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wilson's Mills.

1,282live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wilson's Mills goes to work

Raleigh23.1 mi away

23%304

Durham40.4 mi away

6%80

Smithfield4.3 mi away

6%79

Clayton6.8 mi away

5%68

Cary29.2 mi away

4%53

Garner15.8 mi away

4%46

Charlotte141.4 mi away

3%34

Apex30.6 mi away

1%19

Greensboro89.1 mi away

1%17

Morrisville31.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%578

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

How far

How far Wilson's Mills commutes

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

23%

30%

31%

16%

23%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wilson's Mills is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wilson's Mills are

460 jobs are based in Wilson's Mills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wilson's Mills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wilson's Mills

460 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Wilson's Mills residents hold

1,294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+21%

Jobs based in Wilson's Mills, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 460. 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.