Work & commute · Mount Holly

Work & commute in Mount Holly, NC

Most working residents leave Mount Holly for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (43%), Gastonia (8%) and Huntersville (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

447 of 9,751 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

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,304 Mount Holly residents head out of town to work, 447 work right here, and 5,196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Holly.

9,304live here, work elsewhere

447live and work here

5,196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Holly goes to work

Charlotte12.3 mi away

43%4,203

Gastonia11 mi away

8%826

Mount Holly (in town)right here

5%447

Huntersville10 mi away

2%208

Belmont6.7 mi away

2%201

Raleigh137.6 mi away

2%169

Concord21.6 mi away

1%134

Mooresville21.1 mi away

1%105

Hickory34.1 mi away

1%97

Pineville16.7 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,269

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

How far

How far Mount Holly commutes

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

30%

51%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Holly is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Holly are

5,643 jobs are based in Mount Holly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Holly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Holly

5,643 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Mount Holly residents hold

9,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Mount Holly, 2013 → 2023: 4,507 → 5,643. 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.