Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Kingstown has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 3 jobs in Kingstown for 262 working residents. Hardly any stay in Kingstown for work; outside it, Shelby is the main destination (19%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kingstown
Kingstown is a place people come home to
There are 3 jobs based in Kingstown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kingstown has about 410 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Kingstown workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kingstown by day and by night
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Kingstown on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The trip to work from Kingstown: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingstown workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 0% 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 the trip to work from Kingstown ends
Where Kingstown clocks in
12% 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.
Kingstown is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingstown, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Kingstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kingstown’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 Kingstown: questions
What is the median household income in Kingstown?
$30,750 (±$12,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingstown?
21.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingstown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingstown work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelby (19%, 6 mi), Charlotte (12%, 46 mi), Kings Mountain (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kingstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingstown
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.