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Work & commute in Long View, NC

Most working residents leave Long View for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (31%), Charlotte (7%) and Conover (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
70 of 2,204 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,134 Long View residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 3,004 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long View.

2,134live here, work elsewhere
70live and work here
3,004work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Long View goes to work

ClaremontHildebranLong ViewGranite FallsSawmillsConoverNewtonLenoirMorgantonStatesvilleHickoryCharlotteMountain ViewSt. StephensHickoryCharlotteConoverNewtonMorgantonClaremontStatesvilleLenoirHildebranLong View
1
Hickory3.6 mi away
31%691
2
Charlotte47.3 mi away
7%163
3
Conover9.6 mi away
4%97
4
Newton9.6 mi away
4%83
5
Long View (in town)right here
3%70
6
Morganton17.7 mi away
3%65
7
Claremont13 mi away
3%58
8
Statesville29.1 mi away
2%39
9
Lenoir14.7 mi away
2%38
10
Hildebran2 mi away
1%32
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%868

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

How far

How far Long View commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Long View is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Long View are

3,074 jobs are based in Long View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long View

3,074 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)48%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)24%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Long View residents hold

2,204 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+6%

Jobs based in Long View, 2013 → 2023: 2,897 → 3,074. 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.

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