Work & commute · Charlotte

Work & commute in Charlotte, TX

Most working residents leave Charlotte for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (24%), Jourdanton (9%) and Pleasanton (5%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 546 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 500 Charlotte residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlotte.

500live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlotte goes to work

San Antonio43 mi away

24%129

Jourdanton10.4 mi away

9%50

Charlotte (in town)right here

8%46

Pleasanton14.3 mi away

5%26

Houston209.5 mi away

5%26

Austin114.6 mi away

3%19

New Braunfels67.9 mi away

2%9

Victoria103.8 mi away

2%9

Corpus Christi120.3 mi away

1%7

Dallas295 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%218

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

How far

How far Charlotte commutes

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

10%

22%

25%

43%

10%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlotte is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlotte are

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

Jobs based in Charlotte

901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Charlotte residents hold

546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+136%

Jobs based in Charlotte, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 901. 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.