Walter James Lenoir House · Photo: Eddyz9 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Cedar Rock commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Cedar Rock; the top destination outside it is Lenoir (21%, 4 miles). Cedar Rock has 28 jobs; 130 of its residents have a job. 4% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Cedar Rock
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Cedar Rock on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Cedar Rock’s working residents head each day
Where Cedar Rock clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cedar Rock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Rock, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 28. 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 Cedar Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Cedar Rock’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Rock workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedar Rock
About 18% 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 Cedar Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Rock?
$95,625 (±$43,392) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Rock?
2.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Rock?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lenoir (21%, 4 mi), Hickory (14%, 16 mi), Charlotte (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cedar Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Rock
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.