Work & commute · Iron Station

Work & commute in Iron Station, NC

Most working residents leave Iron Station for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (27%), Gastonia (6%) and Lincolnton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 392 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 386 Iron Station residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron Station.

386live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iron Station goes to work

Charlotte24.9 mi away

27%105

Gastonia14.1 mi away

6%22

Lincolnton5 mi away

5%21

Huntersville16.4 mi away

3%11

Hickory21.7 mi away

3%11

Lowesville8.7 mi away

2%9

Mount Holly12.8 mi away

2%7

Raleigh143.5 mi away

2%7

Iron Station (in town)right here

2%6

Conover18.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%188

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

How far

How far Iron Station commutes

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

22%

50%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iron Station is a job hub

2.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iron Station are

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

Jobs based in Iron Station

841 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Iron Station residents hold

392 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+15%

Jobs based in Iron Station, 2013 → 2023: 734 → 841. 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.