Work & commute · Matthews

Work & commute in Matthews, NC

Most working residents leave Matthews for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (56%), Raleigh (2%) and Indian Trail (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,018 of 14,226 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,208 Matthews residents head out of town to work, 1,018 work right here, and 17,425 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matthews.

13,208live here, work elsewhere

1,018live and work here

17,425work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Matthews goes to work

Charlotte9.2 mi away

56%7,984

Matthews (in town)right here

7%1,018

Raleigh126.3 mi away

2%345

Indian Trail4.8 mi away

2%334

Monroe11.7 mi away

2%303

Concord19.3 mi away

2%258

Mint Hill5.1 mi away

1%204

Winston-Salem72.4 mi away

1%154

Pineville10.2 mi away

1%153

Huntersville21.8 mi away

1%149

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%3,324

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

How far

How far Matthews commutes

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

44%

37%

15%

44%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Matthews is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Matthews are

18,443 jobs are based in Matthews. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Matthews’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Matthews

18,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Matthews residents hold

14,226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+16%

Jobs based in Matthews, 2013 → 2023: 15,932 → 18,443. 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.