Work & commute · Rhodhiss

Work & commute in Rhodhiss, NC

Most working residents leave Rhodhiss for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (23%), Morganton (5%) and Conover (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 481 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 478 Rhodhiss residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rhodhiss.

478live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rhodhiss goes to work

Hickory6.5 mi away

23%111

Morganton15.1 mi away

5%26

Conover12.7 mi away

5%25

Long View3.9 mi away

4%21

Lenoir10.9 mi away

4%21

Charlotte51.2 mi away

4%20

Granite Falls2.2 mi away

3%16

Hildebran3.3 mi away

3%14

Newton13.3 mi away

2%12

Claremont16 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%204

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

How far

How far Rhodhiss commutes

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

44%

24%

14%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rhodhiss is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rhodhiss are

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

Jobs based in Rhodhiss

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Rhodhiss residents hold

481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+169%

Jobs based in Rhodhiss, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 191. 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.