Wright Tavern · Public domainUnemployment in Wentworth (2.6%) is lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C+: better than 38% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #167 of 290 in North Carolina.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns · #237 of 290 in North Carolina.
Household incomes here are lower than in 61% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Wentworth; the top destination outside it is Greensboro (20%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Wentworth, in brief
Wentworth trades workers with the towns around it
Wentworth has about as many jobs (1,236) as working residents (1,110), but they are mostly different people: 1,067 residents leave for work each day while 1,193 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Wentworth are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Wentworth has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wentworth went from 714 in 2013 to 1,236 in 2023, +73%. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in Wentworth is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 6% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
What’s behind Wentworth’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wentworth is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #167 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Wentworth’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wentworth could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,067 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 1,193 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,236 jobs are based in Wentworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wentworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wentworth, 2013 → 2023: 714 → 1,236. 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.
20% of working residents work in Greensboro
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Wentworth clocks in
20% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 27 minutes each way, about the NC average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wentworth workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 930 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Wentworth commutes less than 23 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% 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.
Most trips from Wentworth start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wentworth is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #237 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Wentworth 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 983 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). 2.1% of Wentworth households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wentworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wentworth is 2,925th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Wentworth, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 408 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,923 | Sullivan Township OH | 2,735 | $67K | 12.5% | 1.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,924 | Petersburg AK | 3,227 | $71K | 6.8% | 4.0% | — | C+ |
| 2,925 | Wentworth NC | 2,774 | $69K | 18.1% | 2.6% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,926 | Prattsburgh NY | 1,980 | $77K | 7.1% | 2.6% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,927 | Stonycreek Township PA | 2,637 | $55K | 11.2% | 4.2% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
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 Wentworth: questions
What is the median household income in Wentworth?
$68,500 (±$17,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wentworth?
18.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wentworth?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wentworth work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greensboro (20%, 22 mi), Reidsville (10%, 6 mi), Eden (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wentworth walkable?
Wentworth is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wentworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wentworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wentworth
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.