Work & commute · Hildebran

Work & commute in Hildebran, NC

Most working residents leave Hildebran for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (26%), Morganton (7%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 724 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 699 Hildebran residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hildebran.

699live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hildebran goes to work

Hickory5.6 mi away

26%186

Morganton15.7 mi away

7%50

Charlotte48.4 mi away

5%39

Conover11.5 mi away

5%34

Long View2 mi away

4%29

Hildebran (in town)right here

3%25

Newton11.3 mi away

3%23

Lenoir14.1 mi away

2%17

Claremont14.9 mi away

2%16

Granite Falls5.5 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%292

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

How far

How far Hildebran commutes

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

46%

25%

14%

15%

46%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hildebran is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hildebran are

1,474 jobs are based in Hildebran. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hildebran’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hildebran

1,474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hildebran residents hold

724 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+10%

Jobs based in Hildebran, 2013 → 2023: 1,336 → 1,474. 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.