Work & commute · Statesville

Work & commute in Statesville, NC

About one in 4 of Statesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (14%), Mooresville (7%) and Hickory (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

3,883 of 13,673 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 9,790 Statesville residents head out of town to work, 3,883 work right here, and 21,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Statesville.

9,790live here, work elsewhere

3,883live and work here

21,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Statesville goes to work

Statesville (in town)right here

28%3,883

Charlotte39.7 mi away

14%1,871

Mooresville14 mi away

7%894

Hickory25.5 mi away

2%313

Winston-Salem40.7 mi away

2%313

Raleigh125 mi away

2%268

Greensboro62.5 mi away

2%250

Salisbury22.8 mi away

2%231

Concord30.1 mi away

2%213

Troutman6.7 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%5,230

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

How far

How far Statesville commutes

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

36%

20%

28%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Statesville is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Statesville are

25,768 jobs are based in Statesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Statesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Statesville

25,768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Statesville residents hold

13,673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+9%

Jobs based in Statesville, 2013 → 2023: 23,554 → 25,768. 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.