Lucas Mansion · Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 4.1 jobs in Hiddenite for every working resident, and 820 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; North Carolina has 16%. 828 jobs are based in Hiddenite, and 200 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Hiddenite; the top destination outside it is Statesville (13%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Hiddenite
Hiddenite fills up on a workday
Hiddenite has 828 jobs, 4.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 920 people are in town, 3 times the 290 who live here. Day and night ↓
Hiddenite makes and builds things
76% of the jobs based in Hiddenite are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hiddenite residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Few Hiddenite workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 200 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Hiddenite’s population more than triples on a workday
On a workday 192 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 920 people are in Hiddenite on a workday afternoon, 217% more than live here.
4.1 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 2023, primary jobs.
In Hiddenite, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiddenite, 2013 → 2023: 921 → 828. 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 Hiddenite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hiddenite
of Hiddenite workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 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.
Where Hiddenite’s workforce comes from
Where Hiddenite clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
How far Hiddenite goes to work
About 16% 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 Hiddenite: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hiddenite?
28.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hiddenite work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Statesville (13%, 14 mi), Taylorsville (10%, 5 mi), Hickory (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hiddenite without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hiddenite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiddenite
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.