Work & commute · Cajah's Mountain

Work & commute in Cajah's Mountain, NC

Most working residents leave Cajah's Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lenoir (22%), Hickory (13%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 1,187 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,174 Cajah's Mountain residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cajah's Mountain.

1,174live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cajah's Mountain goes to work

Lenoir4 mi away

22%267

Hickory14.4 mi away

13%155

Hudson2.8 mi away

6%66

Morganton11.9 mi away

4%47

Charlotte59.5 mi away

4%43

Granite Falls7.3 mi away

3%37

Sawmills4.1 mi away

2%20

Raleigh162.2 mi away

2%20

Newton21.4 mi away

2%19

Long View12.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%495

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

How far

How far Cajah's Mountain commutes

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

41%

28%

11%

20%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cajah's Mountain is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cajah's Mountain are

360 jobs are based in Cajah's Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cajah's Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cajah's Mountain

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Cajah's Mountain residents hold

1,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−29%

Jobs based in Cajah's Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 509 → 360. 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.