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

Charlotte18.4 mi away

39%5,664

Cornelius (in town)right here

10%1,393

Huntersville4.5 mi away

7%1,077

Mooresville8.3 mi away

5%799

Davidson3.5 mi away

4%569

Concord15 mi away

3%481

Raleigh128.3 mi away

3%377

Gastonia22.8 mi away

1%198

Greensboro73.3 mi away

1%145

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%

45%

10%

15%

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.