Work & commute · Kings Mountain

Work & commute in Kings Mountain, NC

Most working residents leave Kings Mountain for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Gastonia (17%), Charlotte (11%) and Shelby (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

710 of 4,795 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,085 Kings Mountain residents head out of town to work, 710 work right here, and 6,406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kings Mountain.

4,085live here, work elsewhere

710live and work here

6,406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kings Mountain goes to work

Gastonia9.5 mi away

17%793

Kings Mountain (in town)right here

15%710

Charlotte29.4 mi away

11%504

Shelby11.7 mi away

7%347

Bessemer City5.2 mi away

2%85

Asheville71.6 mi away

1%58

Raleigh157.9 mi away

1%57

Hickory34.8 mi away

1%54

Mount Holly20.3 mi away

1%50

Winston-Salem85.8 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,087

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

How far

How far Kings Mountain commutes

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

37%

28%

18%

17%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kings Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kings Mountain are

7,116 jobs are based in Kings Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kings Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kings Mountain

7,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Kings Mountain residents hold

4,795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+3%

Jobs based in Kings Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 6,897 → 7,116. 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.