Work & commute · Lincolnton

Work & commute in Lincolnton, NC

Most working residents leave Lincolnton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (18%), Gastonia (7%) and Hickory (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

683 of 4,954 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,271 Lincolnton residents head out of town to work, 683 work right here, and 7,566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincolnton.

4,271live here, work elsewhere

683live and work here

7,566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincolnton goes to work

Charlotte29.5 mi away

18%868

Lincolnton (in town)right here

14%683

Gastonia15.8 mi away

7%339

Hickory18.6 mi away

5%233

Maiden8.3 mi away

2%113

Newton12.9 mi away

2%90

Raleigh147.9 mi away

2%81

Mooresville24.3 mi away

1%74

Shelby21.5 mi away

1%68

Conover16.6 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,338

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

How far

How far Lincolnton commutes

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

25%

36%

23%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincolnton is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincolnton are

8,249 jobs are based in Lincolnton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincolnton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincolnton

8,249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lincolnton residents hold

4,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

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Jobs based in Lincolnton, 2013 → 2023: 8,211 → 8,249. 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.