Work & commute · Locust

Work & commute in Locust, NC

Most working residents leave Locust for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (31%), Concord (10%) and Albemarle (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

91 of 2,210 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,119 Locust residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 1,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locust.

2,119live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

1,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locust goes to work

Charlotte22.7 mi away

31%681

Concord14.1 mi away

10%230

Albemarle15.1 mi away

5%113

Locust (in town)right here

4%91

Monroe19.7 mi away

3%60

Matthews18.6 mi away

2%45

Raleigh108.1 mi away

2%38

Indian Trail18.5 mi away

2%37

Stanfield2.5 mi away

2%35

Huntersville26.2 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%850

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

How far

How far Locust commutes

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

13%

54%

16%

17%

13%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locust is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Locust are

1,839 jobs are based in Locust. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Locust’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Locust

1,839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Locust residents hold

2,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+69%

Jobs based in Locust, 2013 → 2023: 1,085 → 1,839. 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.