Work & commute · Granite Quarry

Work & commute in Granite Quarry, NC

Most working residents leave Granite Quarry for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (23%), Charlotte (13%) and Concord (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 1,329 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,289 Granite Quarry residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 606 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite Quarry.

1,289live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

606work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granite Quarry goes to work

Salisbury4.4 mi away

23%309

Charlotte35.2 mi away

13%172

Concord18.5 mi away

5%73

Granite Quarry (in town)right here

3%40

Rockwell4.7 mi away

2%31

Mooresville21.4 mi away

2%31

Kannapolis14.4 mi away

2%30

Raleigh102.6 mi away

2%29

Winston-Salem35.4 mi away

2%21

Greensboro48.3 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%572

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

How far

How far Granite Quarry commutes

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

40%

19%

26%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granite Quarry is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite Quarry are

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

Jobs based in Granite Quarry

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Granite Quarry residents hold

1,329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+65%

Jobs based in Granite Quarry, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 646. 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.