Work & commute · Polkton

Work & commute in Polkton, NC

Most working residents leave Polkton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (16%), Monroe (8%) and Wadesboro (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 659 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 649 Polkton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 853 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Polkton.

649live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

853work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Polkton goes to work

Charlotte38.6 mi away

16%104

Monroe20.5 mi away

8%51

Wadesboro7.4 mi away

6%37

Raleigh104.6 mi away

4%28

Greensboro78.3 mi away

3%18

Concord36.6 mi away

2%16

Indian Trail26.2 mi away

2%15

Fayetteville69.4 mi away

2%12

Albemarle24.5 mi away

2%11

Marshville9.8 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%357

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

How far

How far Polkton commutes

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

13%

19%

32%

37%

13%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Polkton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Polkton are

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

Jobs based in Polkton

863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Polkton residents hold

659 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+199%

Jobs based in Polkton, 2013 → 2023: 289 → 863. 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.