Crouse has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Crouse for work; outside it, Charlotte is the main destination (23%, 30 miles). 21 jobs are based in Crouse for 150 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Crouse for work, and who comes in
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Crouse on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Crouse ends
Where Crouse clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Crouse
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crouse, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 21. 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 Crouse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Crouse, about 53 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crouse workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 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 distance from Crouse to work
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 Crouse: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crouse?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crouse?
53 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crouse work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (23%, 30 mi), Lincolnton (7%, 5 mi), Hickory (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crouse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crouse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crouse
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.