Work & commute · East Spencer

Work & commute in East Spencer, NC

Most working residents leave East Spencer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (23%), Charlotte (14%) and Concord (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 626 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 613 East Spencer residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Spencer.

613live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Spencer goes to work

Salisbury4 mi away

23%145

Charlotte39.8 mi away

14%89

Concord23.2 mi away

5%34

Greensboro44.2 mi away

3%17

Raleigh100.5 mi away

3%17

Cleveland14.9 mi away

2%14

Mooresville23.7 mi away

2%14

East Spencer (in town)right here

2%13

Kannapolis18.7 mi away

2%10

Winston-Salem30.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%264

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

How far

How far East Spencer commutes

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

35%

15%

31%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Spencer is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Spencer are

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

Jobs based in East Spencer

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs East Spencer residents hold

626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+42%

Jobs based in East Spencer, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 230. 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.