Work & commute · Wingate

Work & commute in Wingate, NC

Most working residents leave Wingate for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (23%), Charlotte (20%) and Indian Trail (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 1,556 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,503 Wingate residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 1,122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wingate.

1,503live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

1,122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wingate goes to work

Monroe6.5 mi away

23%351

Charlotte26.6 mi away

20%318

Indian Trail12.9 mi away

5%77

Wingate (in town)right here

3%53

Raleigh117.2 mi away

3%42

Concord29.9 mi away

2%35

Winston-Salem77.8 mi away

2%28

Greensboro84.1 mi away

1%23

Matthews17.5 mi away

1%19

Durham110.8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%591

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

How far

How far Wingate commutes

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

32%

20%

25%

23%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wingate is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wingate are

1,175 jobs are based in Wingate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wingate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wingate

1,175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Wingate residents hold

1,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+33%

Jobs based in Wingate, 2013 → 2023: 882 → 1,175. 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.