Work & commute · Polkville

Work & commute in Polkville, NC

Most working residents leave Polkville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Shelby (20%), Charlotte (8%) and Gastonia (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 235 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 231 Polkville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Polkville.

231live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Polkville goes to work

Shelby10.3 mi away

20%46

Charlotte48 mi away

8%18

Gastonia28.3 mi away

6%13

Hickory28.5 mi away

3%8

Asheville52.2 mi away

3%7

Polkville (in town)right here

2%4

Forest City14 mi away

2%4

Spindale16.2 mi away

1%3

Cherryville15.1 mi away

1%3

Concord56.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%126

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

How far

How far Polkville commutes

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

16%

34%

30%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Polkville is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Polkville are

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

Jobs based in Polkville

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Polkville residents hold

235 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+52%

Jobs based in Polkville, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 70. 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.