Work & commute · New London

Work & commute in New London, NC

Most working residents leave New London for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Albemarle (19%), Charlotte (17%) and Concord (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 305 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 289 New London residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 1,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New London.

289live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

1,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New London goes to work

Albemarle5.5 mi away

19%59

Charlotte37.8 mi away

17%51

New London (in town)right here

5%16

Concord23.6 mi away

5%15

Salisbury22.1 mi away

5%14

Raleigh92.8 mi away

4%11

Richfield3.4 mi away

2%5

Greensboro50.7 mi away

2%5

Mooresville35.7 mi away

1%4

Norwood15.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%122

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

How far

How far New London commutes

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

31%

20%

32%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New London is a job hub

4.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New London are

1,302 jobs are based in New London. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New London’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New London

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs New London residents hold

305 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+141%

Jobs based in New London, 2013 → 2023: 540 → 1,302. 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.