Photo: -ted · CC BY 2.0Most of Pinnacle commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S. 43 jobs are based in Pinnacle, and 352 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Pinnacle for work; outside it, Winston-Salem is the main destination (34%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pinnacle, in a few figures
Pinnacle is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Pinnacle, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pinnacle has about 230 people in it, 57% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pinnacle and Winston-Salem trade workers both ways
Winston-Salem is the top workplace for Pinnacle residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Pinnacle come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pinnacle quiets down on a workday
On a workday 352 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Pinnacle on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Where Pinnacle’s working residents head each day
Where Pinnacle clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Pinnacle’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinnacle, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 43. 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 Pinnacle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pinnacle: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinnacle workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 commuters (the 15% 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.
The commute from Pinnacle, by distance
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 Pinnacle: questions
What is the median household income in Pinnacle?
$23,750 (±$12,789) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinnacle?
39.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinnacle?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinnacle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winston-Salem (34%, 18 mi), Greensboro (7%, 37 mi), Charlotte (6%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pinnacle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinnacle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinnacle
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.