Photo: NS777 · CC BY 4.0Most of Lewisville commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
1,804 jobs are based in Lewisville, against 6,148 working residents. The two grades for Lewisville are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lewisville at work: what stands out
44% of Lewisville works in Winston-Salem
2,689 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Winston-Salem, 9.1 miles away. That’s 22 times as many as work in Lewisville itself. The commute map ↓
Lewisville is a place people come home to
There are 1,804 jobs based in Lewisville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lewisville has about 10,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Lewisville are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lewisville
65% of Lewisville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Lewisville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Lewisville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lewisville is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #39 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Lewisville’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lewisville could be anywhere from B to A+.
44% of working residents work in Winston-Salem
Where Lewisville clocks in
8% 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.
How a workday changes Lewisville
On a workday 5,995 residents head out to work, 153 work right here, and 1,651 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Lewisville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
What Lewisville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lewisville, 2014 → 2024: 1,639 → 1,804. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lewisville, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lewisville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,385 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Lewisville commutes less than 11 miles
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Lewisville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lewisville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #240 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 6,610 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 45% 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). 1.7% of Lewisville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lewisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,227 U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000, Lewisville comes 657th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 46 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 250 | Rolesville NC | 12,839 | $150K | 1.1% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 320 | Summerfield NC | 11,327 | $160K | 7.1% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 655 | Wilmington Island GA | 13,905 | $94K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| 656 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| 657 | Lewisville NC | 14,421 | $101K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 2% | A− |
| 658 | Sylvania OH | 18,883 | $100K | 5.6% | 3.9% | 10% | A− |
| 659 | Gypsum Township KS | 10,370 | $77K | 6.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Lewisville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door to Lewisville
The biggest share goes to Clemmons (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lewisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewisville | – | A− | C− | 26 min | $100,917 |
| Clemmons | 4% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $87,655 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lewisville’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 2024, 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 Lewisville: questions
What is the median household income in Lewisville?
$100,917 (±$13,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lewisville?
10.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lewisville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lewisville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winston-Salem (44%, 9 mi), Greensboro (8%, 34 mi), Charlotte (5%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lewisville walkable?
Lewisville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lewisville without a car?
0% 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 Lewisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lewisville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.