Work & commute · Cornelius

Work & commute in Cornelius, NC

Most working residents leave Cornelius for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (39%), Huntersville (7%) and Mooresville (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
1,393 of 14,549 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
28%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,156 Cornelius residents head out of town to work, 1,393 work right here, and 11,602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornelius.

13,156live here, work elsewhere
1,393live and work here
11,602work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cornelius goes to work

DavidsonCorneliusHuntersvilleKannapolisStatesvilleMooresvilleCharlotteDurhamConcordGreensboroRaleighGastoniaCharlotteHuntersvilleMooresvilleDavidsonConcordRaleighGastoniaGreensboroDurhamCornelius
1
Charlotte18.4 mi away
39%5,664
2
Cornelius (in town)right here
10%1,393
3
Huntersville4.5 mi away
7%1,077
4
Mooresville8.3 mi away
5%799
5
Davidson3.5 mi away
4%569
6
Concord15 mi away
3%481
7
Raleigh128.3 mi away
3%377
8
Gastonia22.8 mi away
1%198
9
Greensboro73.3 mi away
1%145
10
Durham116.7 mi away
1%136
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%3,710

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

How far

How far Cornelius commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cornelius is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornelius are

12,995 jobs are based in Cornelius. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornelius’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cornelius

12,995 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Cornelius residents hold

14,549 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+59%

Jobs based in Cornelius, 2013 → 2023: 8,177 → 12,995. 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.

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