Work & commute · China Grove

Work & commute in China Grove, NC

Most working residents leave China Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (16%), Salisbury (13%) and Concord (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 2,204 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,126 China Grove residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in China Grove.

2,126live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where China Grove goes to work

Charlotte28.9 mi away

16%348

Salisbury8 mi away

13%284

Concord12.9 mi away

11%245

Kannapolis7.6 mi away

5%116

Mooresville14.3 mi away

5%108

China Grove (in town)right here

4%78

Raleigh110 mi away

2%50

Winston-Salem40.7 mi away

2%46

Greensboro55.4 mi away

2%41

Huntersville20.1 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%849

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

How far

How far China Grove commutes

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

32%

34%

21%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

China Grove is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in China Grove are

1,292 jobs are based in China Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs China Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in China Grove

1,292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs China Grove residents hold

2,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+15%

Jobs based in China Grove, 2013 → 2023: 1,127 → 1,292. 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.