Sharpsburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns. Sharpsburg has 133 jobs, and 672 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Sharpsburg C−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sharpsburg: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Sharpsburg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sharpsburg fell from 3,389 in 2014 to 133 in 2024, −96%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Sharpsburg and Rocky Mount trade workers both ways
Rocky Mount is the top workplace for Sharpsburg residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Sharpsburg come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sharpsburg is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Sharpsburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sharpsburg has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 672 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Sharpsburg’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sharpsburg is better than 17% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Sharpsburg’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Sharpsburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sharpsburg could be anywhere from D to C+.
Sharpsburg makes things: 42% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharpsburg, 2014 → 2024: 3,389 → 133. 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 Sharpsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Rocky Mount
Where Sharpsburg clocks in
25% of workers
16% of workers
7% 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 Sharpsburg
On a workday 666 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Sharpsburg 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.
Sharpsburg’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharpsburg workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 668 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.
How far Sharpsburg goes to work
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.
Driving is how Sharpsburg gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sharpsburg is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Sharpsburg 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 807 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 20% 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). 8.3% of Sharpsburg households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sharpsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400, Sharpsburg comes 3,981st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,979 | Pierson FL | 1,555 | $57K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 6% | C− |
| 3,980 | Lamoni IA | 2,074 | $55K | 16.6% | 3.7% | 30% | C− |
| 3,981 | Sharpsburg NC | 1,798 | $55K | 19.3% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,982 | Rainier OR | 1,924 | $67K | 18.3% | 7.5% | 11% | C− |
| 3,983 | Caldwell Township MI | 1,423 | $54K | 9.0% | 5.8% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Sharpsburg, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
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 Sharpsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Sharpsburg?
$54,709 (±$12,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharpsburg?
19.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharpsburg?
29 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 Sharpsburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rocky Mount (25%, 7 mi), Wilson (16%, 11 mi), Raleigh (7%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sharpsburg walkable?
Sharpsburg is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharpsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharpsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharpsburg
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.