Henrietta has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
59% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. 19 jobs are based in Henrietta, against 137 working residents. Only 1% work in Henrietta; the top destination outside it is Shelby (8%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Henrietta, and who commutes in
On a workday 135 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 79 people are in Henrietta on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Out of Henrietta to work: where people go
Where Henrietta clocks in
6% 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.
What Henrietta’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henrietta, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 19. 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 Henrietta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Henrietta
of Henrietta workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 59% 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 far Henrietta goes to work
About 25% 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.
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 Henrietta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Henrietta?
20.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Henrietta work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelby (8%, 15 mi), Forest City (6%, 6 mi), Gastonia (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Henrietta without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henrietta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henrietta
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.