Mayworth School · Photo: RoxylovesHistory · CC BY-SA 3.0Cramerton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Cramerton; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (41%, 14 miles). Employers in Cramerton report 1,230 jobs; 3,004 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Cramerton A−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cramerton and work: the main findings
41% of Cramerton works in Charlotte
1,240 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Charlotte, 14 miles away. That’s 21 times as many as work in Cramerton itself. The commute map ↓
Cramerton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cramerton went from 801 in 2013 to 1,230 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
Cramerton empties out on a workday
About 3,900 people are in Cramerton on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 5,700 who live here: 2,900 head out to work and 1,200 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Cramerton’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cramerton is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #47 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,160, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cramerton could be anywhere from B to A+.
Out of Cramerton to work: where people go
Where Cramerton clocks in
41% of workers
14% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Cramerton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cramerton, 2013 → 2023: 801 → 1,230. 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 Cramerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Cramerton on a workday
On a workday 2,949 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 1,175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Cramerton on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the NC average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cramerton workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,418 commuters (the 15% 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.
How many miles Cramerton commutes
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.
Driving is how Cramerton gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cramerton is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #152 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,859 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Cramerton households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cramerton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cramerton ranks: 817th of 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 286 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 388 | Stokesdale NC | 6,133 | $121K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 440 | Royal Pines NC | 4,325 | $108K | 1.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 815 | Margate City NJ | 5,194 | $122K | 6.3% | 4.1% | 14% | A− |
| 816 | Pleasantville NY | 7,391 | $136K | 5.7% | 7.7% | 8% | A− |
| 817 | Cramerton NC | 5,713 | $82K | 6.2% | 3.5% | 2% | A− |
| 818 | West Pennsboro Township PA | 5,699 | $81K | 7.1% | 1.4% | 7% | A− |
| 819 | Hometown IL | 4,191 | $61K | 6.9% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cramerton, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
18% of Cramerton works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Gastonia (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cramerton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cramerton: questions
What is the median household income in Cramerton?
$82,160 (±$7,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cramerton?
6.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cramerton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cramerton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (41%, 14 mi), Gastonia (14%, 6 mi), Belmont (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cramerton walkable?
Cramerton is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cramerton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cramerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cramerton
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.