Work & commute · Cliffside

Work & commute in Cliffside, NC

Most working residents leave Cliffside for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (12%), Charlotte (10%) and Shelby (6%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 211 Cliffside residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 194 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cliffside.

211live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

194work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cliffside goes to work

Forest City8.4 mi away

12%26

Charlotte52.8 mi away

10%21

Shelby12.7 mi away

6%12

Spindale11.8 mi away

4%9

Asheville49.6 mi away

3%6

Rutherfordton13.6 mi away

2%5

High Point112 mi away

2%4

Ruth13.7 mi away

1%3

Morganton34.2 mi away

1%3

Raleigh180.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%120

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

How far

How far Cliffside commutes

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

22%

27%

25%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cliffside is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cliffside are

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

Jobs based in Cliffside

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cliffside residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+13%

Jobs based in Cliffside, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 195. 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.