Work & commute · Indian Trail

Work & commute in Indian Trail, NC

Most working residents leave Indian Trail for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (45%), Monroe (8%) and Matthews (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,443 of 18,968 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,525 Indian Trail residents head out of town to work, 1,443 work right here, and 14,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indian Trail.

17,525live here, work elsewhere

1,443live and work here

14,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indian Trail goes to work

Charlotte14 mi away

45%8,539

Monroe6.9 mi away

8%1,462

Indian Trail (in town)right here

8%1,443

Matthews4.8 mi away

4%791

Concord22.3 mi away

2%350

Stallings2.9 mi away

2%333

Raleigh124.8 mi away

2%317

Pineville13.4 mi away

1%263

Mint Hill7.5 mi away

1%213

Greensboro84.8 mi away

1%212

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%5,045

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

How far

How far Indian Trail commutes

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

32%

48%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indian Trail is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indian Trail are

16,322 jobs are based in Indian Trail. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indian Trail’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indian Trail

16,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Indian Trail residents hold

18,968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+84%

Jobs based in Indian Trail, 2013 → 2023: 8,887 → 16,322. 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.