Henrietta-Caroleen High School · Photo: Upstateherd · CC BY-SA 3.0Caroleen has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Caroleen for work; outside it, Forest City is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). There are 127 jobs in Caroleen, and 234 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Caroleen
Working from home in Caroleen
of Caroleen workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Caroleen
On a workday 231 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9 people are in Caroleen on a workday afternoon, 92% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Caroleen ends
Where Caroleen clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Caroleen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caroleen, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 127. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caroleen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Caroleen
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Caroleen: questions
What is the poverty rate in Caroleen?
29.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Caroleen work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forest City (10%, 6 mi), Charlotte (9%, 54 mi), Rutherfordton (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Caroleen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caroleen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caroleen
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.