Work & commute · JAARS

Work & commute in JAARS, NC

Most working residents leave JAARS for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (31%), Monroe (8%) and Waxhaw (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

51%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 161 JAARS residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in JAARS.

161live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where JAARS goes to work

Charlotte24.2 mi away

31%51

Monroe14.5 mi away

8%13

Waxhaw5.1 mi away

6%10

JAARS (in town)right here

4%6

Indian Trail15.2 mi away

3%5

Pineville17.6 mi away

2%3

Matthews17.8 mi away

2%3

Rock Hill, SC16.1 mi away

2%3

Wesley Chapel10.3 mi away

1%2

Weddington10.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%69

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

How far

How far JAARS commutes

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

21%

49%

16%

14%

21%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

JAARS is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in JAARS are

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

Jobs based in JAARS

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs JAARS residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+155%

Jobs based in JAARS, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 102. 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.