Work & commute · Davidson

Work & commute in Davidson, NC

Most working residents leave Davidson for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (34%), Huntersville (6%) and Mooresville (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

785 of 5,982 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,197 Davidson residents head out of town to work, 785 work right here, and 7,754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davidson.

5,197live here, work elsewhere

785live and work here

7,754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davidson goes to work

Charlotte18.7 mi away

34%2,060

Davidson (in town)right here

13%785

Huntersville5.7 mi away

6%360

Mooresville7.2 mi away

6%355

Cornelius3.5 mi away

6%332

Concord12.1 mi away

4%237

Raleigh124.8 mi away

3%184

Winston-Salem53.3 mi away

1%65

Greensboro70.3 mi away

1%64

Durham113.3 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,480

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

How far

How far Davidson commutes

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

36%

38%

10%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davidson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Davidson are

8,539 jobs are based in Davidson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davidson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Davidson

8,539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Davidson residents hold

5,982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+60%

Jobs based in Davidson, 2013 → 2023: 5,329 → 8,539. 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.