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Work & commute · Red Cross

Work & commute in Red Cross, NC

Most working residents leave Red Cross for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (21%), Albemarle (10%) and Concord (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 353 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 351 Red Cross residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Cross.

351live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
200work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Red Cross goes to work

OakboroRed CrossStanfieldNorwoodLocustAlbemarleIndian TrailSalisburyKannapolisMonroeUnionvilleFairviewCharlotteConcordRaleighCharlotteAlbemarleConcordOakboroLocustRaleighIndian TrailMonroeStanfieldSalisburyRed Cross
1
Charlotte27.7 mi away
21%74
2
Albemarle10.6 mi away
10%37
3
Concord18.4 mi away
6%21
4
Oakboro3 mi away
5%17
5
Locust5.1 mi away
5%16
6
Raleigh103.4 mi away
4%13
7
Indian Trail22.2 mi away
3%9
8
Monroe22 mi away
2%8
9
Stanfield5.4 mi away
2%7
10
Salisbury28.6 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%144

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

How far

How far Red Cross commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Red Cross is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Cross are

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

Jobs based in Red Cross

202 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less6%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Red Cross residents hold

353 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−1%

Jobs based in Red Cross, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 202. 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.

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