Gen. William Kerr House · Photo: Kindredkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Enochville has lower unemployment (0.6%) than 97% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Enochville B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% work in Enochville; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (17%, 23 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way, about the same as across North Carolina.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Enochville
The figures behind Enochville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enochville is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #106 of 290 in North Carolina. Unemployment holds Enochville’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (18.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enochville could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where people from Enochville work
Where Enochville clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
9% 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 daily commute in and out of Enochville
On a workday 978 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Enochville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What work there is in Enochville: 415 jobs
415 jobs are based in Enochville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enochville, 2014 → 2024: 366 → 415. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Enochville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Enochville spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enochville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,364 commuters (the 16% 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 Enochville
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Enochville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enochville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #218 of 290 in North Carolina. Both inputs place Enochville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,615 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 40% 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). 3.6% of Enochville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Enochville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Enochville places 1,802nd of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 85 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,800 | Hurlburt Field FL | 2,951 | $62K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,801 | Washoe Valley NV | 3,315 | $123K | 5.8% | 6.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,802 | Enochville NC | 3,321 | $66K | 18.6% | 0.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,803 | Milton Township OH | 2,957 | $69K | 13.1% | 2.6% | 8% | B |
| 1,804 | Beaver UT | 3,699 | $76K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 50% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Enochville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Enochville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kannapolis (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enochville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enochville | – | B | C− | 25 min | $66,225 |
| Kannapolis | 9% | B | B+ | 26 min | $73,836 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enochville’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 2024, 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 Enochville: questions
What is the median household income in Enochville?
$66,225 (±$4,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enochville?
18.6%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enochville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enochville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (17%, 23 mi), Concord (16%, 9 mi), Kannapolis (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Enochville walkable?
Enochville is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enochville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enochville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enochville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.