Work & commute · High Shoals

Work & commute in High Shoals, NC

Most working residents leave High Shoals for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gastonia (24%), Charlotte (21%) and Raleigh (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 297 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 296 High Shoals residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in High Shoals.

296live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where High Shoals goes to work

Gastonia9.7 mi away

24%71

Charlotte24.4 mi away

21%61

Raleigh147.1 mi away

3%10

Lincolnton6.3 mi away

3%8

Cherryville10 mi away

2%5

Belmont14.8 mi away

2%5

Lake Wylie, SC21.5 mi away

2%5

Dallas5.1 mi away

1%4

Mount Holly12.2 mi away

1%3

Kings Mountain13.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%122

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

How far

How far High Shoals commutes

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

31%

39%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

High Shoals is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in High Shoals are

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

Jobs based in High Shoals

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs High Shoals residents hold

297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−26%

Jobs based in High Shoals, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 26. 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.