Stokes has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Stokes itself; outside it, Greenville draws the most (27%, 10 miles). Stokes has 43 jobs; 128 of its residents have a job. 19% of workers work from home (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Stokes by day
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Stokes on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 the trip to work from Stokes ends
Where Stokes clocks in
27% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Stokes: what the 43 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stokes, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 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 Stokes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stokes
of Stokes workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 19% 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 Stokes’ workers travel
About 27% 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 Stokes: questions
What is the median household income in Stokes?
$59,625 (±$12,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stokes?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stokes work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (27%, 10 mi), Raleigh (8%, 77 mi), Charlotte (5%, 204 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stokes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stokes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stokes
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.