Work & commute · Glen Alpine

Work & commute in Glen Alpine, NC

Most working residents leave Glen Alpine for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Morganton (35%), Charlotte (6%) and Marion (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 631 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 628 Glen Alpine residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glen Alpine.

628live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glen Alpine goes to work

Morganton4.7 mi away

35%219

Charlotte64.5 mi away

6%38

Marion12.8 mi away

4%26

Hickory25.8 mi away

4%24

Valdese11.9 mi away

2%15

Lenoir19.1 mi away

2%12

Mooresville54.5 mi away

2%10

Raleigh176.2 mi away

2%10

Asheville44.6 mi away

1%8

Drexel9.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%262

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

How far

How far Glen Alpine commutes

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

42%

20%

14%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glen Alpine is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Glen Alpine are

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

Jobs based in Glen Alpine

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Glen Alpine residents hold

631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−35%

Jobs based in Glen Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 102. 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.