Work & commute · Ellenboro

Work & commute in Ellenboro, NC

Most working residents leave Ellenboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (14%), Charlotte (8%) and Shelby (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 320 Ellenboro residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellenboro.

320live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellenboro goes to work

Forest City6.2 mi away

14%46

Charlotte53.1 mi away

8%27

Shelby12.5 mi away

5%15

Rutherfordton11.5 mi away

4%14

Asheville47.5 mi away

2%8

Hickory37.3 mi away

2%8

Boiling Springs7.7 mi away

2%6

Raleigh178.7 mi away

2%6

Spartanburg, SC28.2 mi away

2%5

Ellenboro (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%185

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

How far

How far Ellenboro commutes

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

37%

15%

25%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellenboro is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellenboro are

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

Jobs based in Ellenboro

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ellenboro residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Ellenboro, 2013 → 2023: 194 → 234. 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.