Work & commute · Aquadale

Work & commute in Aquadale, NC

Most working residents leave Aquadale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albemarle (26%), Charlotte (12%) and Oakboro (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 147 Aquadale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aquadale.

147live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aquadale goes to work

Albemarle9.4 mi away

26%38

Charlotte34.3 mi away

12%18

Oakboro6.3 mi away

3%5

Norwood6.4 mi away

3%5

Salisbury34.1 mi away

3%5

New London14.5 mi away

3%4

Concord26 mi away

3%4

Greensboro64.2 mi away

3%4

Ansonville10.5 mi away

1%2

Pineville38.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%62

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

How far

How far Aquadale commutes

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

37%

18%

29%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aquadale is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aquadale are

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

Jobs based in Aquadale

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Aquadale residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−48%

Jobs based in Aquadale, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 95. 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.