Work & commute · Albemarle

Work & commute in Albemarle, NC

About one in 4 of Albemarle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (16%), Concord (5%) and New London (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,808 of 7,497 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,689 Albemarle residents head out of town to work, 1,808 work right here, and 10,680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albemarle.

5,689live here, work elsewhere

1,808live and work here

10,680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albemarle goes to work

Albemarle (in town)right here

24%1,808

Charlotte37.5 mi away

16%1,201

Concord25.1 mi away

5%363

New London5.5 mi away

4%298

Salisbury27.2 mi away

2%163

Raleigh93 mi away

2%147

Norwood9.8 mi away

2%129

Greensboro54.9 mi away

1%109

Monroe32.1 mi away

1%106

Kannapolis27 mi away

1%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,091

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Albemarle commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

14%

35%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albemarle is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Albemarle are

12,488 jobs are based in Albemarle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albemarle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Albemarle

12,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Albemarle residents hold

7,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+20%

Jobs based in Albemarle, 2013 → 2023: 10,432 → 12,488. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.