Households in Biscoe have lower incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
1% of workers have no commute at all, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%. 34.9% of residents are in poverty, against 13.0% across North Carolina. Jobs and income earn Biscoe D−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Biscoe: the gist
Biscoe is where the jobs are
Biscoe has 1,409 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,700 people are in town, 42% more than the 1,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Biscoe workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 610 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Biscoe earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Biscoe is better than 3% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Biscoe’s grade up (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Biscoe’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Biscoe could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who works in Biscoe, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 555 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 1,354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Biscoe on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 trip to work from Biscoe: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Biscoe workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 822 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far Biscoe’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
The daily trip into Biscoe
Where Biscoe clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Biscoe makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
1,409 jobs are based in Biscoe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Biscoe, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 1,409. 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 Biscoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Biscoe commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Biscoe is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.9% across North Carolina, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 830 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.1% of Biscoe households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Biscoe’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, and where Biscoe sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 97 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,366 | Estancia NM | 1,321 | $54K | 22.6% | 39.2% | 11% | D− |
| 5,367 | Jefferson NC | 1,680 | $41K | 22.9% | 2.5% | 16% | D− |
| 5,368 | Biscoe NC | 1,887 | $45K | 34.9% | 3.1% | 9% | D− |
| 5,369 | Shamrock TX | 1,692 | $47K | 19.3% | 5.7% | 31% | D− |
| 5,370 | McCamey TX | 1,743 | $43K | 17.1% | 1.2% | 18% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Biscoe, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Biscoe: questions
What is the median household income in Biscoe?
$45,190 (±$10,473) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Biscoe?
34.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Biscoe?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Biscoe work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Troy (8%, 6 mi), Asheboro (7%, 24 mi), Charlotte (6%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Biscoe walkable?
Biscoe is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Biscoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Biscoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Biscoe
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.