Work & commute · Cherryville

Work & commute in Cherryville, NC

Most working residents leave Cherryville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (16%), Gastonia (15%) and Shelby (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

287 of 2,965 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,678 Cherryville residents head out of town to work, 287 work right here, and 2,121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherryville.

2,678live here, work elsewhere

287live and work here

2,121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherryville goes to work

Charlotte33.2 mi away

16%481

Gastonia14.3 mi away

15%449

Cherryville (in town)right here

10%287

Shelby11.4 mi away

5%139

Lincolnton10.1 mi away

4%105

Kings Mountain10.6 mi away

3%79

Raleigh156.9 mi away

2%57

Hickory24.5 mi away

2%53

Mooresville33.9 mi away

1%32

Huntersville28.8 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,252

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

How far

How far Cherryville commutes

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

19%

39%

27%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherryville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherryville are

2,408 jobs are based in Cherryville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cherryville

2,408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Cherryville residents hold

2,965 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Cherryville, 2013 → 2023: 1,998 → 2,408. 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.