Work & commute · Kannapolis

Work & commute in Kannapolis, NC

Most working residents leave Kannapolis for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (29%), Concord (17%) and Salisbury (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,240 of 25,079 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,839 Kannapolis residents head out of town to work, 2,240 work right here, and 12,184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kannapolis.

22,839live here, work elsewhere

2,240live and work here

12,184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kannapolis goes to work

Charlotte21.4 mi away

29%7,265

Concord6.1 mi away

17%4,217

Kannapolis (in town)right here

9%2,240

Salisbury15.5 mi away

4%1,038

Mooresville12.4 mi away

3%838

Huntersville13.4 mi away

2%617

Raleigh115.2 mi away

2%478

Greensboro62.7 mi away

2%388

Winston-Salem48.2 mi away

1%350

Harrisburg11.9 mi away

1%275

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%7,373

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

How far

How far Kannapolis commutes

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

30%

41%

15%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kannapolis is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kannapolis are

14,424 jobs are based in Kannapolis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kannapolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kannapolis

14,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kannapolis residents hold

25,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+26%

Jobs based in Kannapolis, 2013 → 2023: 11,436 → 14,424. 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.