Work & commute · Conover

Work & commute in Conover, NC

Most working residents leave Conover for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (22%), Newton (9%) and Charlotte (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

417 of 3,732 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,315 Conover residents head out of town to work, 417 work right here, and 9,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conover.

3,315live here, work elsewhere

417live and work here

9,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conover goes to work

Hickory6.2 mi away

22%803

Conover (in town)right here

11%417

Newton3.8 mi away

9%318

Charlotte41.1 mi away

7%269

Claremont3.4 mi away

5%179

Statesville19.8 mi away

3%102

Mooresville23.6 mi away

2%65

Long View9.6 mi away

2%63

Raleigh144.5 mi away

2%60

Maiden8.3 mi away

1%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,402

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

How far

How far Conover commutes

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

54%

17%

16%

13%

54%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conover is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conover are

10,293 jobs are based in Conover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Conover

10,293 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Conover residents hold

3,732 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Conover, 2013 → 2023: 8,490 → 10,293. 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.