Work & commute · Taylorsville

Work & commute in Taylorsville, NC

Most working residents leave Taylorsville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hickory (11%), Charlotte (5%) and Statesville (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

114 of 935 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 821 Taylorsville residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 2,717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylorsville.

821live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

2,717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylorsville goes to work

Taylorsville (in town)right here

12%114

Hickory15 mi away

11%100

Charlotte52.6 mi away

5%51

Statesville19.4 mi away

5%50

Hiddenite5.3 mi away

3%27

Conover14.1 mi away

3%26

Raleigh142 mi away

2%20

Wilkesboro15.6 mi away

2%17

Claremont14.4 mi away

2%16

Newton17.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%498

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

How far

How far Taylorsville commutes

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

34%

35%

11%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylorsville is a job hub

3.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylorsville are

2,831 jobs are based in Taylorsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylorsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taylorsville

2,831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Taylorsville residents hold

935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−9%

Jobs based in Taylorsville, 2013 → 2023: 3,113 → 2,831. 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.