Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0Greensboro has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Florida. 34 jobs are based in Greensboro; 140 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Greensboro; the top destination outside it is Tallahassee (29%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Greensboro by day
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Greensboro on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Greensboro goes to work
Where Greensboro clocks in
29% of workers
11% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Greensboro works in goods: 41% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greensboro, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 34. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greensboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the FL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greensboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Greensboro
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Greensboro
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greensboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | – | — | — | 27 min | $47,885 |
| Gretna | under 2% | D− | D | 32 min | $35,903 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greensboro’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greensboro: questions
What is the median household income in Greensboro?
$47,885 (±$7,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greensboro?
25.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greensboro?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greensboro work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallahassee (29%, 29 mi), Quincy (11%, 8 mi), Chattahoochee (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greensboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greensboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greensboro
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.