Work & commute · Caroleen

Work & commute in Caroleen, NC

Most working residents leave Caroleen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (10%), Charlotte (9%) and Rutherfordton (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 231 Caroleen residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caroleen.

231live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caroleen goes to work

Forest City5.8 mi away

10%24

Charlotte54.4 mi away

9%21

Rutherfordton11.2 mi away

7%17

Shelby13.9 mi away

5%12

Asheville47.3 mi away

3%8

Raleigh181.1 mi away

2%5

Gastonia34.3 mi away

2%5

Spindale9.2 mi away

2%4

Columbus23.7 mi away

1%3

Boiling Springs7.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%132

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

How far

How far Caroleen commutes

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

26%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caroleen is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Caroleen are

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

Jobs based in Caroleen

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Caroleen residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+6%

Jobs based in Caroleen, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 127. 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.