Most of Mulberry commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Mulberry report 94 jobs; 887 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Mulberry are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Mulberry is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mulberry, in a few figures
How Mulberry earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Mulberry is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mulberry’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($51,919, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (13.0%) is left out: Mulberry’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mulberry could be anywhere from D− to B.
The daily flow of workers through Mulberry
On a workday 865 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Mulberry 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.
22% of working residents work in Wilkesboro
Where Mulberry clocks in
22% 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.
30% of the jobs in Mulberry make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mulberry, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 94. 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 Mulberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mulberry’s commute takes 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 Mulberry workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 572 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.
Half of Mulberry commutes less than 18 miles
About 27% 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.
The commute in Mulberry is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mulberry is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mulberry 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 626 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Mulberry households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mulberry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Mulberry comes 4,143rd 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,141 | Baldwin Township MI | 1,607 | $70K | 13.1% | 2.2% | 6% | C− |
| 4,142 | Mentz NY | 2,207 | $53K | 20.0% | 4.1% | 7% | C− |
| 4,143 | Mulberry NC | 2,037 | $52K | 11.7% | 13.0% | 2% | C− |
| 4,144 | Crothersville IN | 1,506 | $56K | 26.0% | 2.3% | 12% | C− |
| 4,145 | Langdon ND | 1,809 | $64K | 11.1% | 0.5% | 47% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Mulberry, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door to Mulberry
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mulberry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry | – | C− | D− | 22 min | $51,919 |
| Fairplains | under 2% | D | C | 25 min | $38,585 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mulberry’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 Mulberry: questions
What is the median household income in Mulberry?
$51,919 (±$15,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mulberry?
11.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mulberry?
22 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 Mulberry work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilkesboro (22%, 6 mi), North Wilkesboro (12%, 4 mi), Winston-Salem (6%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mulberry walkable?
Mulberry is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mulberry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mulberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mulberry
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.