With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Green Level works elsewhere
52 jobs are based in Green Level, against 1,313 working residents. Green Level grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Green Level is behind 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Green Level
Green Level is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Green Level, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Level has about 2,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Green Level and Burlington trade workers both ways
Burlington is the top workplace for Green Level residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Green Level come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Green Level workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Green Level
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Green Level is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #213 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Green Level’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Level could be anywhere from D to B.
Green Level quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,306 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Green Level on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Green Level clocks in
18% of workers
8% 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.
About 33 minutes to work from Green Level
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Level workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,143 commuters (the 9% 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.
What Green Level’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Level, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 52. 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 Green Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Green Level
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.
In Green Level, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Green Level is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #281 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Green Level 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 1,255 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). 5.0% of Green Level households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Level’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Green Level comes 3,442nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 194 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,440 | Lafayette Township OH | 4,336 | $54K | 28.6% | 2.6% | 9% | C− |
| 3,441 | Port St. Joe FL | 3,995 | $56K | 9.8% | 4.3% | 33% | C− |
| 3,442 | Green Level NC | 3,409 | $56K | 19.0% | 6.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,443 | Towanda PA | 2,746 | $61K | 12.6% | 4.9% | 15% | C− |
| 3,444 | Haskell TX | 3,095 | $62K | 12.6% | 4.0% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Green Level, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Around Green Level: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Haw River (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Level workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Level | – | C− | D | 33 min | $55,823 |
| Haw River | 2% | B− | C | 33 min | $61,058 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Level’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 Green Level: questions
What is the median household income in Green Level?
$55,823 (±$10,472) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Level?
19.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Level?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Level work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (18%, 8 mi), Durham (8%, 27 mi), Mebane (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Green Level walkable?
Green Level is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Level without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Level, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Level
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.