Work & commute · Claremont

Work & commute in Claremont, NC

Most working residents leave Claremont for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (18%), Conover (9%) and Newton (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

67 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 760 Claremont residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 5,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claremont.

760live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

5,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claremont goes to work

Hickory9.6 mi away

18%148

Conover3.4 mi away

9%76

Claremont (in town)right here

8%67

Newton5.4 mi away

8%64

Charlotte39.1 mi away

8%64

Statesville16.7 mi away

3%25

Maiden8.9 mi away

2%20

Mooresville20.3 mi away

2%19

Winston-Salem56.9 mi away

2%17

Long View13 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%314

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

How far

How far Claremont commutes

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

44%

26%

16%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claremont is a job hub

6.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Claremont are

5,253 jobs are based in Claremont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claremont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claremont

5,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Claremont residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+54%

Jobs based in Claremont, 2013 → 2023: 3,421 → 5,253. 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.