Charlotte

City Commute Profile

Charlotte, NC

Where Charlotte’s 436,974 resident workers go each day — 64.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Concord.

North CarolinaLODES 2023 data
58
Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Charlotte at a glance
Employed Residents
436,974
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
64.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
28.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Concord
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Charlotte proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Charlotte commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Charlotte

436,974 commutes, one dot at a time

Charlotte

Where 436,974 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Charlotte, by worker count.

1Charlotte0.0 mi279,682
2Concord17.6 mi10,142
3Raleigh130.6 mi10,059
4Huntersville14.0 mi7,306
5Matthews9.3 mi6,325
6Pineville9.4 mi5,233
7Greensboro82.9 mi4,885
8Gastonia20.0 mi4,544

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Charlotte.

1Charlotte0.0 mi279,682
2Concord17.6 mi19,528
3Huntersville14.0 mi15,501
4Gastonia20.0 mi12,090
5Raleigh130.6 mi10,170
6Indian Trail14.2 mi9,059
7Matthews9.3 mi8,440
8Kannapolis22.3 mi7,729

Top industries

The sectors that employ Charlotte’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
FIFinance and Insurance13.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance10.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.1%
RTRetail Trade7.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing6.2%
WSWholesale Trade5.6%
COConstruction4.9%

Charlotte city profile

Who lives in Charlotte — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
903,844
Median age
34.5yrs
Median household income
$82,068
Median home value
$385,700
Median gross rent
$1,612/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
48.0%
Poverty rate
11.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Charlotte

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

14 providers · 6 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps55%
See all internet providers in Charlotte

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).