Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0At 2.5%, unemployment in Archdale is lower than in 77% of U.S. towns
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across North Carolina. The two grades for Archdale are A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 7% work in Archdale itself; outside it, High Point draws the most (24%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Archdale
Archdale trades workers with the towns around it
Archdale has about as many jobs (5,323) as working residents (5,451), but they are mostly different people: 5,053 residents leave for work each day while 4,925 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Archdale are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Archdale and High Point trade workers both ways
High Point is the top workplace for Archdale residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Archdale come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Archdale makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Archdale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Archdale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Archdale: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Archdale is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #60 of 290 in North Carolina. The poverty rate holds Archdale’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($64,757, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Archdale could be anywhere from B to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 5,053 residents head out to work, 398 work right here, and 4,925 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 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.
Commuting out of Archdale: the destinations
Where Archdale clocks in
18% 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.
Archdale makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
5,323 jobs are based in Archdale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Archdale, 2013 → 2023: 5,017 → 5,323. 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 Archdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Archdale, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Archdale workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,322 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Archdale
About 19% 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.
Few in Archdale walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Archdale is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #130 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Archdale near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,733 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Archdale households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Archdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
841st of 2,354: where Archdale ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 55 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 258 | Rolesville NC | 12,839 | $150K | 1.1% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
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| 331 | Summerfield NC | 11,327 | $160K | 7.1% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 839 | Maynard MA | 10,703 | $124K | 8.3% | 5.5% | 7% | A− |
| 840 | Carpinteria CA | 12,734 | $101K | 7.0% | 3.6% | 18% | A− |
| 841 | Archdale NC | 12,254 | $65K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 7% | A− |
| 842 | Plymouth CT | 11,902 | $95K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 8% | A− |
| 843 | North Lebanon Township PA | 12,366 | $84K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Archdale, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work next door: 25% of Archdale’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Archdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archdale | – | A− | B− | 23 min | $64,757 |
| Trinity | 1% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,664 |
| High Point | 24% | C+ | B | 21 min | $64,561 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to High Point. Darker towns draw more of Archdale’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 Archdale: questions
What is the median household income in Archdale?
$64,757 (±$9,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Archdale?
5.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Archdale?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Archdale work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are High Point (24%, 6 mi), Greensboro (18%, 15 mi), Thomasville (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Archdale walkable?
Archdale is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Archdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Archdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Archdale
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.