Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, NC

About one in 5 of Monroe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (29%), Indian Trail (6%) and Matthews (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

3,276 of 14,701 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 11,425 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 3,276 work right here, and 22,367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

11,425live here, work elsewhere

3,276live and work here

22,367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Charlotte20.9 mi away

29%4,236

Monroe (in town)right here

22%3,276

Indian Trail6.9 mi away

6%918

Matthews11.7 mi away

3%410

Raleigh122.2 mi away

2%303

Concord27.2 mi away

2%302

Stallings9.3 mi away

1%201

Greensboro86 mi away

1%190

Winston-Salem77.8 mi away

1%151

Huntersville32.9 mi away

1%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%4,597

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

36%

34%

13%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

25,643 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

25,643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

14,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 22,950 → 25,643. 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.