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Work & commute · Granite Falls

Work & commute in Granite Falls, NC

Most working residents leave Granite Falls for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (23%), Lenoir (10%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
90 of 2,140 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,050 Granite Falls residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 2,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite Falls.

2,050live here, work elsewhere
90live and work here
2,288work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Granite Falls goes to work

RhodhissClaremontCajah's MountainHudsonLong ViewGranite FallsSawmillsGamewellConoverNewtonLenoirMorgantonHickoryCharlotteNorthlakesHickoryLenoirCharlotteHudsonConoverMorgantonNewtonLong ViewClaremontGranite Falls
1
Hickory7.1 mi away
23%488
2
Lenoir9.3 mi away
10%206
3
Charlotte52.6 mi away
4%93
4
Granite Falls (in town)right here
4%90
5
Hudson4.9 mi away
4%81
6
Conover13 mi away
3%72
7
Morganton16 mi away
3%59
8
Newton14.3 mi away
2%52
9
Long View5.6 mi away
2%37
10
Claremont16.3 mi away
2%34
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%928

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

How far

How far Granite Falls commutes

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

46%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Granite Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite Falls are

2,378 jobs are based in Granite Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Granite Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Granite Falls

2,378 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Granite Falls residents hold

2,140 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−26%

Jobs based in Granite Falls, 2013 → 2023: 3,219 → 2,378. 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.

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