Rountree Family Farm · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainThere are 2.4 jobs in Gatesville for every working resident, and 255 people commute in
Only 5% work in Gatesville itself; outside it, Suffolk draws the most (15%, 21 miles). There are 260 jobs in Gatesville; 110 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Gatesville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 105 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 410 people are in Gatesville on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
2.4 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.
Where the people who work in Gatesville live
Where Gatesville clocks in
15% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 Gatesville, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gatesville, 2013 → 2023: 354 → 260. 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 Gatesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Gatesville: about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gatesville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 3% 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.
Gatesville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Gatesville: questions
What is the median household income in Gatesville?
$73,611 (±$11,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gatesville?
3.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gatesville?
45 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gatesville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Suffolk (15%, 21 mi), Norfolk (10%, 46 mi), Chesapeake (9%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gatesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gatesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gatesville
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.