Work & commute · Mooresville

Work & commute in Mooresville, NC

About one in 4 of Mooresville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (17%), Statesville (5%) and Huntersville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

5,720 of 23,383 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,663 Mooresville residents head out of town to work, 5,720 work right here, and 28,513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mooresville.

17,663live here, work elsewhere

5,720live and work here

28,513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mooresville goes to work

Mooresville (in town)right here

24%5,720

Charlotte25.9 mi away

17%4,081

Statesville14 mi away

5%1,148

Huntersville12.4 mi away

4%930

Concord17.1 mi away

4%822

Cornelius8.3 mi away

3%681

Davidson7.2 mi away

3%617

Winston-Salem47.9 mi away

2%539

Raleigh123.9 mi away

2%434

Salisbury19.7 mi away

2%421

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%7,990

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

How far

How far Mooresville commutes

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

36%

31%

18%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mooresville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mooresville are

34,233 jobs are based in Mooresville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mooresville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mooresville

34,233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mooresville residents hold

23,383 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+44%

Jobs based in Mooresville, 2013 → 2023: 23,722 → 34,233. 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.