Work & commute · Waxhaw

Work & commute in Waxhaw, NC

Most working residents leave Waxhaw for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (48%), Monroe (4%) and Raleigh (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

621 of 9,626 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,005 Waxhaw residents head out of town to work, 621 work right here, and 3,515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waxhaw.

9,005live here, work elsewhere

621live and work here

3,515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waxhaw goes to work

Charlotte19.5 mi away

48%4,579

Waxhaw (in town)right here

6%621

Monroe11.2 mi away

4%404

Raleigh133.4 mi away

2%194

Indian Trail10.4 mi away

2%192

Matthews12.7 mi away

2%179

Concord32 mi away

1%143

Rock Hill, SC15.9 mi away

1%128

Greensboro95.1 mi away

1%106

Winston-Salem84.9 mi away

1%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,979

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

How far

How far Waxhaw commutes

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

22%

52%

10%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waxhaw is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waxhaw are

4,136 jobs are based in Waxhaw. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waxhaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waxhaw

4,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Waxhaw residents hold

9,626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+145%

Jobs based in Waxhaw, 2013 → 2023: 1,690 → 4,136. 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.