Jobs, income and commuting in Ansonville, NC
0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Only 2% work in Ansonville; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (10%, 41 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ansonville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Ansonville on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Ansonville commutes to
Where Ansonville clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
In Ansonville, 70% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
262 jobs are based in Ansonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ansonville, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 262. 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 Ansonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ansonville takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ansonville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% 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.
Miles to work from Ansonville
About 26% 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.
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 Ansonville: questions
What is the median household income in Ansonville?
$48,750 (±$17,907) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ansonville?
13.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ansonville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ansonville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (10%, 41 mi), Wadesboro (9%, 10 mi), Albemarle (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ansonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ansonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ansonville
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.