Photo: NS777 · CC BY 4.0Work means Winston-Salem for about two in five of Clemmons’ working residents
Household incomes here are higher than in 65% of U.S. towns. Clemmons grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clemmons at work: what stands out
The better-paid jobs are outside Clemmons
63% of Clemmons residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Clemmons pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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.
The figures behind Clemmons’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clemmons is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #67 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Clemmons’ grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clemmons could be anywhere from B− to A.
Commuting out of Clemmons: the destinations
Where Clemmons clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Clemmons
7,194 jobs are based in Clemmons.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clemmons, 2013 → 2023: 6,127 → 7,194. 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 Clemmons’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Clemmons
On a workday 8,150 residents head out to work, 663 work right here, and 6,531 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 (0.82 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.
Time on the road from Clemmons: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clemmons workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,663 commuters (the 21% 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.
Where in the region Clemmons works
About 21% 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.
Most of Clemmons commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clemmons is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #170 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,905 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 61% 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). 2.4% of Clemmons households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Clemmons’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 16,000 to 31,000, Clemmons ranks 772nd of 1,712 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 115 | Harrisburg NC | 20,742 | $148K | 3.7% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
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| 158 | Wendell NC | 19,687 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
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| 387 | Knightdale NC | 23,144 | $103K | 5.3% | 3.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 770 | Arbutus MD | 22,507 | $99K | 14.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| 771 | Nixa MO | 26,597 | $83K | 7.1% | 3.2% | 11% | B+ |
| 772 | Clemmons NC | 22,808 | $88K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 8% | B+ |
| 773 | Fillmore CA | 16,937 | $93K | 7.0% | 3.4% | 10% | B+ |
| 774 | Niceville FL | 17,948 | $102K | 10.3% | 1.1% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | 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 Clemmons, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work next door: 41% of Clemmons’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clemmons workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemmons | – | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $87,655 |
| Lewisville | under 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $100,917 |
| Winston-Salem | 41% | C | B+ | 22 min | $59,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winston-Salem. Darker towns draw more of Clemmons’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 Clemmons: questions
What is the median household income in Clemmons?
$87,655 (±$10,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clemmons?
6.5%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clemmons?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clemmons work?
8% work in town.
Is Clemmons walkable?
Clemmons is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clemmons without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clemmons, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clemmons
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.