Work & commute · Lowesville

Work & commute in Lowesville, NC

Most working residents leave Lowesville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (37%), Huntersville (5%) and Cornelius (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,519 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,461 Lowesville residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lowesville.

1,461live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lowesville goes to work

Charlotte17.8 mi away

37%564

Huntersville7.8 mi away

5%78

Cornelius7.6 mi away

4%61

Lowesville (in town)right here

4%58

Gastonia15.7 mi away

3%46

Mooresville14.8 mi away

2%33

Denver8.7 mi away

2%27

Lincolnton13.6 mi away

2%24

Raleigh135.7 mi away

2%24

Concord20.9 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%583

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

How far

How far Lowesville commutes

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

27%

50%

10%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lowesville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lowesville are

1,889 jobs are based in Lowesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lowesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lowesville

1,889 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Lowesville residents hold

1,519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+80%

Jobs based in Lowesville, 2013 → 2023: 1,050 → 1,889. 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.