For about half of its working residents, Hemby Bridge is a commute to Charlotte
Working residents average 27 minutes each way (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). The two grades for Hemby Bridge are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any stay in Hemby Bridge for work; outside it, Charlotte is the main destination (46%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hemby Bridge in brief
Nearly half of Hemby Bridge works in Charlotte
352 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Charlotte, 14 miles away. That’s 46 times as many as work in Hemby Bridge itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Hemby Bridge are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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; with 761 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Hemby Bridge’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hemby Bridge is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Hemby Bridge’s grade up (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (19.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Hemby Bridge’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hemby Bridge could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where the trip to work from Hemby Bridge ends
Where Hemby Bridge clocks in
46% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Hemby Bridge: 380 jobs
380 jobs are based in Hemby Bridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hemby Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 380. 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 Hemby Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Hemby Bridge by day
On a workday 756 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Hemby Bridge on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.50 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 2023, primary jobs.
Hemby Bridge’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hemby Bridge workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 742 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hemby Bridge
About 17% 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.
Few in Hemby Bridge walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hemby Bridge is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 872 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). 1.3% of Hemby Bridge households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hemby Bridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hemby Bridge next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400: 2,527th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Biltmore Forest NC | 1,469 | $169K | 2.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,525 | Auburn Township PA | 1,737 | $89K | 6.4% | 4.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,526 | Three Oaks MI | 1,390 | $67K | 9.1% | 5.2% | 7% | B− |
| 2,527 | Hemby Bridge NC | 1,764 | $72K | 19.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,528 | Amity OR | 1,782 | $87K | 16.7% | 3.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,529 | Brant Township MI | 1,814 | $75K | 6.3% | 3.6% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Hemby Bridge, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door to Hemby Bridge
The biggest share goes to Indian Trail (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hemby Bridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hemby Bridge | – | B− | C | 27 min | $71,688 |
| Indian Trail | 7% | A− | C | 28 min | $108,483 |
| Stallings | 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $115,974 |
| Lake Park | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $66,411 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hemby Bridge’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 Hemby Bridge: questions
What is the median household income in Hemby Bridge?
$71,688 (±$25,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hemby Bridge?
19.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hemby Bridge?
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 Hemby Bridge work?
1% work in town.
Is Hemby Bridge walkable?
Hemby Bridge is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hemby Bridge without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hemby Bridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hemby Bridge
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.