Work & commute · McAdenville

Work & commute in McAdenville, NC

Most working residents leave McAdenville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (36%), Gastonia (16%) and Belmont (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 423 McAdenville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McAdenville.

423live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McAdenville goes to work

Charlotte14.6 mi away

36%151

Gastonia5.9 mi away

16%69

Belmont3.8 mi away

3%11

Raleigh142.6 mi away

2%9

Lowell1.6 mi away

2%8

Pineville16.1 mi away

2%8

Greensboro90.9 mi away

2%7

Harrisburg24.7 mi away

1%6

Cramerton2.7 mi away

1%5

Indian Trail27.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%146

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

How far

How far McAdenville commutes

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

38%

41%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McAdenville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McAdenville are

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

Jobs based in McAdenville

517 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs McAdenville residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−55%

Jobs based in McAdenville, 2013 → 2023: 1,156 → 517. 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.