Work & commute · Maiden

Work & commute in Maiden, NC

Most working residents leave Maiden for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (13%), Newton (9%) and Charlotte (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

121 of 1,776 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,655 Maiden residents head out of town to work, 121 work right here, and 3,687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maiden.

1,655live here, work elsewhere

121live and work here

3,687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maiden goes to work

Hickory11 mi away

13%229

Newton4.6 mi away

9%154

Charlotte34.9 mi away

7%133

Maiden (in town)right here

7%121

Conover8.3 mi away

7%119

Claremont8.9 mi away

4%63

Lincolnton8.3 mi away

4%63

Mooresville22.6 mi away

2%38

Raleigh146.2 mi away

2%27

Statesville23.9 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%803

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

How far

How far Maiden commutes

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

38%

34%

16%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maiden is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maiden are

3,808 jobs are based in Maiden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Maiden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Maiden

3,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Maiden residents hold

1,776 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+50%

Jobs based in Maiden, 2013 → 2023: 2,542 → 3,808. 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.