Work & commute · Hiddenite

Work & commute in Hiddenite, NC

Most working residents leave Hiddenite for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Statesville (13%), Taylorsville (10%) and Hickory (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 192 Hiddenite residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiddenite.

192live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hiddenite goes to work

Statesville14.5 mi away

13%26

Taylorsville5.3 mi away

10%19

Hickory18 mi away

9%18

Charlotte50.3 mi away

5%10

Hiddenite (in town)right here

4%8

Mooresville26.5 mi away

3%5

Winston-Salem47.8 mi away

3%5

Claremont14.3 mi away

2%3

Conover15.3 mi away

2%3

Huntersville36.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%100

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

How far

How far Hiddenite commutes

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

34%

35%

16%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hiddenite is a job hub

4.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiddenite are

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

Jobs based in Hiddenite

828 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hiddenite residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Hiddenite, 2013 → 2023: 921 → 828. 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.