Work & commute · Gamewell

Work & commute in Gamewell, NC

Most working residents leave Gamewell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lenoir (24%), Hickory (10%) and Morganton (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,556 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 1,520 Gamewell residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gamewell.

1,520live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gamewell goes to work

Lenoir5.3 mi away

24%373

Hickory17.8 mi away

10%149

Morganton10.3 mi away

5%82

Charlotte62.5 mi away

4%66

Hudson6.3 mi away

4%65

Gamewell (in town)right here

2%36

Granite Falls10.8 mi away

2%35

Asheville57.3 mi away

2%27

Conover23.8 mi away

2%26

Raleigh165.6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%675

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

How far

How far Gamewell commutes

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

40%

27%

12%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gamewell is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gamewell are

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

Jobs based in Gamewell

844 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Gamewell residents hold

1,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+109%

Jobs based in Gamewell, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 844. 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.