Work & commute · Wesley Chapel

Work & commute in Wesley Chapel, NC

Most working residents leave Wesley Chapel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (46%), Monroe (7%) and Indian Trail (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

109 of 4,233 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,124 Wesley Chapel residents head out of town to work, 109 work right here, and 2,162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wesley Chapel.

4,124live here, work elsewhere

109live and work here

2,162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wesley Chapel goes to work

Charlotte16 mi away

46%1,967

Monroe7.6 mi away

7%313

Indian Trail5 mi away

4%175

Matthews7.9 mi away

3%124

Wesley Chapel (in town)right here

3%109

Waxhaw5.4 mi away

2%80

Raleigh128.9 mi away

2%71

Concord26.9 mi away

2%69

Weddington2.6 mi away

1%55

Pineville12.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,221

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

How far

How far Wesley Chapel commutes

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

30%

49%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wesley Chapel is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wesley Chapel are

2,271 jobs are based in Wesley Chapel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wesley Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wesley Chapel

2,271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wesley Chapel residents hold

4,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+188%

Jobs based in Wesley Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 788 → 2,271. 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.