Photo: Harrison Keely · CC BY 4.0There are 16.0 jobs in Fontana Dam for every working resident, and 95 people commute in
About one in seven work in Fontana Dam itself; outside it, Indian Trail draws the most (17%, 181 miles). There are 96 jobs in Fontana Dam, and 6 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Fontana Dam for work, and who comes in
On a workday 5 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 100 people are in Fontana Dam on a workday afternoon, 900% more than live here.
16.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Who travels to work in Fontana Dam, and from where
Where Fontana Dam clocks in
17% 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 Fontana Dam
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fontana Dam, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 96. 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 Fontana Dam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Fontana Dam works
About 50% 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.
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 Fontana Dam: questions
Where do people who live in Fontana Dam work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Indian Trail (17%, 181 mi), Gantt (17%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fontana Dam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fontana Dam
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.