Randleman Graded School · Photo: Nmg27510 · Public domainHouseholds in Randleman have lower incomes than those in 83% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Randleman are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Poverty touches 32.6% of residents, against 13.0% across North Carolina. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where North Carolina has 25 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Randleman and work: the main findings
Randleman makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Randleman are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Randleman residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Randleman and Asheboro trade workers both ways
Asheboro is the top workplace for Randleman residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Randleman 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.
Randleman’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Randleman is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #158 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Randleman’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Randleman could be anywhere from C− to B.
Goods jobs make up 47% of work in Randleman
2,786 jobs are based in Randleman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Randleman, 2013 → 2023: 2,753 → 2,786. 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 Randleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Asheboro
Where Randleman clocks in
17% of workers
16% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Randleman
On a workday 1,846 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 2,635 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Randleman on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Randleman: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Randleman workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,583 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far it is to work from Randleman
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.
Getting around Randleman: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Randleman is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #195 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,839 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 47% 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). 6.3% of Randleman households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Randleman’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Randleman ranks: 2,423rd of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,421 | Kalaeloa HI | 3,342 | $90K | 22.0% | 6.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,422 | Dellwood MO | 4,825 | $73K | 21.7% | 6.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,423 | Randleman NC | 4,767 | $53K | 32.6% | 2.3% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,424 | New Brighton PA | 5,503 | $53K | 16.1% | 3.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,425 | Rocky Mount VA | 4,973 | $63K | 18.6% | 2.8% | 29% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | 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 Randleman, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
17% of Randleman works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Asheboro. Darker towns draw more of Randleman’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 Randleman: questions
What is the median household income in Randleman?
$53,456 (±$14,588) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Randleman?
32.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Randleman?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Randleman work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Asheboro (17%, 8 mi), Greensboro (16%, 19 mi), High Point (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Randleman walkable?
Randleman is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Randleman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Randleman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Randleman
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.