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Work & commute · Mount Gilead

Work & commute in Mount Gilead, NC

Most working residents leave Mount Gilead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (11%), Albemarle (9%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
41 of 485 working residents
Typical commute
30 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 444 Mount Gilead residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Gilead.

444live here, work elsewhere
41live and work here
711work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mount Gilead goes to work

StarEllerbeCandorBiscoeMount GileadTroyNorwoodWadesboroRockinghamAlbemarleSalisburyCharlotteConcordRaleighCharlotteAlbemarleTroyBiscoeNorwoodSalisburyRaleighRockinghamConcordMount Gilead
1
Charlotte46.6 mi away
11%51
2
Albemarle14.4 mi away
9%44
3
Mount Gilead (in town)right here
8%41
4
Troy12.1 mi away
7%34
5
Biscoe16.1 mi away
2%12
6
Norwood6.1 mi away
2%12
7
Salisbury41.5 mi away
2%12
8
Raleigh87.7 mi away
2%10
9
Rockingham23.7 mi away
2%9
10
Concord37.6 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%251

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

How far

How far Mount Gilead commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Gilead is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Gilead are

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

Jobs based in Mount Gilead

752 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)49%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)34%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Mount Gilead residents hold

485 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+108%

Jobs based in Mount Gilead, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 752. 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.

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