Work & commute · Rockwell

Work & commute in Rockwell, NC

Most working residents leave Rockwell for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Salisbury (17%), Charlotte (14%) and Concord (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,015 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 955 Rockwell residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 1,256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockwell.

955live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

1,256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockwell goes to work

Salisbury9.1 mi away

17%177

Charlotte33.6 mi away

14%143

Concord16.9 mi away

9%87

Rockwell (in town)right here

6%60

Kannapolis14.3 mi away

3%31

Winston-Salem38.9 mi away

2%24

Raleigh101.1 mi away

2%20

Statesville30.4 mi away

2%18

Mooresville23.6 mi away

2%18

Greensboro49.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%424

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

How far

How far Rockwell commutes

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

32%

29%

28%

12%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockwell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockwell are

1,316 jobs are based in Rockwell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockwell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockwell

1,316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rockwell residents hold

1,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Rockwell, 2013 → 2023: 1,037 → 1,316. 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.