Stokesdale has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 1,451 jobs in Stokesdale, and 2,890 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Stokesdale is better than 90% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Measured by household income, Stokesdale is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stokesdale, in a few figures
Stokesdale has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stokesdale went from 868 in 2013 to 1,451 in 2023, +67%. The jobs ↓
Stokesdale and Greensboro trade workers both ways
Greensboro is the top workplace for Stokesdale residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Stokesdale come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stokesdale makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Stokesdale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stokesdale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The figures behind Stokesdale’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($121,071, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stokesdale could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Goods jobs make up 42% of work in Stokesdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stokesdale, 2013 → 2023: 868 → 1,451. 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 Stokesdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
36% of working residents work in Greensboro
Where Stokesdale clocks in
36% 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.
Stokesdale by day and by night
On a workday 2,774 residents head out to work, 116 work right here, and 1,335 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Stokesdale on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Time on the road from Stokesdale: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stokesdale workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,029 commuters (the 22% 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.
Miles to work from Stokesdale
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.
Most of Stokesdale commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 2,602 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). 1.7% of Stokesdale households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stokesdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stokesdale ranks: 392nd of 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 186 | Oak Ridge NC | 7,896 | $155K | 3.6% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 296 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 357 | Ogden NC | 8,249 | $121K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 390 | Poestenkill NY | 4,346 | $126K | 5.3% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 391 | Jordan MN | 6,988 | $110K | 5.5% | 2.7% | 12% | A |
| 392 | Stokesdale NC | 6,133 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 393 | Franklin Township PA | 5,182 | $85K | 2.9% | 0.8% | 3% | A |
| 394 | Ixonia WI | 5,083 | $89K | 1.9% | 2.1% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Stokesdale, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
The towns around Stokesdale
The biggest share goes to Oak Ridge (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stokesdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stokesdale | – | A | C | 26 min | $121,071 |
| Oak Ridge | 1% | A+ | B− | 21 min | $155,385 |
| Summerfield | under 2% | A | B− | 28 min | $160,275 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stokesdale’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 Stokesdale: questions
What is the median household income in Stokesdale?
$121,071 (±$21,636) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stokesdale?
5.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stokesdale?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stokesdale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensboro (36%, 12 mi), Winston-Salem (11%, 18 mi), High Point (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stokesdale walkable?
Stokesdale is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stokesdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stokesdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stokesdale
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.