Rural Hall Depot · Photo: Ceh2624 · CC BY-SA 3.0At 12.5%, unemployment in Rural Hall is higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Rural Hall are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 35 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rural Hall, in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
62% of the jobs in Rural Hall are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Rural Hall works in Winston-Salem
706 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Winston-Salem, 8.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 15 times as many as work in Rural Hall itself. The commute map ↓
Rural Hall workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
The figures behind Rural Hall’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rural Hall is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #191 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Rural Hall’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rural Hall could be anywhere from C− to B+.
What work there is in Rural Hall: 2,004 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rural Hall, 2013 → 2023: 2,155 → 2,004. 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 Rural Hall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
46% of working residents work in Winston-Salem
Where Rural Hall clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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.
Rural Hall’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rural Hall workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,308 commuters (the 17% 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 daily flow of workers through Rural Hall
On a workday 1,492 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 1,958 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Rural Hall on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 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.
The commute from Rural Hall, by distance
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 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 Rural Hall is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rural Hall is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #273 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 1,568 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 4.4% of Rural Hall households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rural Hall’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rural Hall is 3,254th of 4,474 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,252 | Dover-Foxcroft ME | 4,463 | $63K | 15.1% | 2.7% | 35% | C |
| 3,253 | Utqiaġvik AK | 4,640 | $115K | 11.0% | 9.0% | — | C |
| 3,254 | Rural Hall NC | 3,607 | $51K | 9.4% | 12.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,255 | Delmont PA | 2,630 | $57K | 10.8% | 10.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,256 | Clintonville WI | 4,499 | $53K | 16.7% | 3.3% | 29% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | 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 Rural Hall, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door is work for 46% of Rural Hall
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rural Hall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Hall | – | C | D | 35 min | $51,054 |
| Winston-Salem | 46% | C | B+ | 22 min | $59,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Winston-Salem. Darker towns draw more of Rural Hall’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 Rural Hall: questions
What is the median household income in Rural Hall?
$51,054 (±$14,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rural Hall?
9.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rural Hall?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rural Hall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winston-Salem (46%, 8 mi), Greensboro (7%, 28 mi), Charlotte (4%, 76 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rural Hall walkable?
Rural Hall is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rural Hall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rural Hall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rural Hall
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.