Jobs, income and commuting in Stanfield, NC
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; North Carolina has 16%. For jobs and income Stanfield is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 5% work in Stanfield; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (27%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Stanfield apart
Stanfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stanfield is Charlotte, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (207) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stanfield makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Stanfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stanfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Stanfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 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; with 773 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Stanfield: the grade in detail
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Stanfield’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (10.1%) is left out: Stanfield’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, Stanfield could be anywhere from C to A.
Miles to work from Stanfield
About 17% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Stanfield
507 jobs are based in Stanfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanfield, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 507. 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 Stanfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Stanfield: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanfield workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 658 commuters (the 8% 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.
Stanfield by day and by night
On a workday 738 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Stanfield on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Stanfield goes to work
Where Stanfield clocks in
27% of workers
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.
Most trips from Stanfield start in a car
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 715 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). 2.9% of Stanfield households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanfield next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 1,781st of 6,085 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,779 | Brothertown WI | 1,282 | $72K | 7.1% | 1.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,780 | Scott WI | 1,371 | $88K | 7.3% | 6.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,781 | Stanfield NC | 1,744 | $79K | 9.3% | 10.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,782 | Cornwall CT | 1,589 | $129K | 8.2% | 6.5% | 14% | B |
| 1,783 | Saluda Township IN | 1,383 | $78K | 3.0% | 7.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Stanfield, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
How Stanfield compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Locust. Darker towns draw more of Stanfield’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 Stanfield: questions
What is the median household income in Stanfield?
$79,250 (±$21,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanfield?
9.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanfield?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanfield work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (27%, 23 mi), Albemarle (7%, 16 mi), Concord (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanfield walkable?
Stanfield is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanfield
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.