Work & commute · Northlakes

Work & commute in Northlakes, NC

Most working residents leave Northlakes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (25%), Lenoir (7%) and Granite Falls (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 726 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 724 Northlakes residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northlakes.

724live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northlakes goes to work

Hickory4 mi away

25%184

Lenoir12.2 mi away

7%48

Granite Falls3.4 mi away

6%45

Charlotte49.7 mi away

5%37

Conover9.7 mi away

3%25

Newton11.2 mi away

3%25

Hudson8.1 mi away

3%23

Morganton18.9 mi away

3%22

Long View4.1 mi away

2%17

Sawmills6.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%290

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

How far

How far Northlakes commutes

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

48%

23%

13%

15%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northlakes is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northlakes are

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

Jobs based in Northlakes

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Northlakes residents hold

726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1%

Jobs based in Northlakes, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 87. 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.