Photo: Abbeynball · CC BY-SA 4.0Charlotte draws about half of Indian Trail’s working residents
Jobs and income earn Indian Trail A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Only 8% stay in Indian Trail for work; outside it, Charlotte is the main destination (45%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Indian Trail in brief
Indian Trail trades workers with the towns around it
Indian Trail has about as many jobs (16,322) as working residents (18,968), but they are mostly different people: 17,525 residents leave for work each day while 14,879 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Indian Trail are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Indian Trail has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Indian Trail went from 8,887 in 2013 to 16,322 in 2023, +84%. The jobs ↓
Nearly half of Indian Trail works in Charlotte
8,539 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Charlotte, 14 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Indian Trail itself. The commute map ↓
Indian Trail makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Indian Trail are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Indian Trail residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
Indian Trail draws workers from far and wide
The 16,322 jobs in Indian Trail are filled from a wide area. Indian Trail’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Indian Trail earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Indian Trail is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #48 of 290 in North Carolina. Household income holds Indian Trail’s grade up ($108,483, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Indian Trail could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who commutes out of Indian Trail, and who commutes in
On a workday 17,525 residents head out to work, 1,443 work right here, and 14,879 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 36% of the jobs in Indian Trail
16,322 jobs are based in Indian Trail.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Indian Trail, 2013 → 2023: 8,887 → 16,322. 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 Indian Trail’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Indian Trail work
Where Indian Trail clocks in
45% of workers
8% 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.
The daily trip from Indian Trail: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Indian Trail workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18,629 commuters (the 19% 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 it is to work from Indian Trail
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.
The commute in Indian Trail is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Indian Trail is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #184 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 22,980 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 1.8% of Indian Trail households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Indian Trail’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Indian Trail is 353rd among 1,000 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 60,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 35 | Matthews NC | 32,769 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Morrisville NC | 32,466 | $125K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Cornelius NC | 35,094 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 351 | Orland Park IL | 57,954 | $99K | 7.3% | 4.8% | 9% | A− |
| 352 | Plainfield Township MI | 34,770 | $94K | 6.5% | 4.1% | 8% | A− |
| 353 | Indian Trail NC | 44,303 | $108K | 5.4% | 5.3% | 8% | A− |
| 354 | Martinez CA | 36,849 | $127K | 6.3% | 5.8% | 12% | A− |
| 355 | Pittsfield Township MI | 40,265 | $102K | 7.2% | 4.5% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,000 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Indian Trail, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
10% of Indian Trail works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Indian Trail workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Trail | – | A− | C | 28 min | $108,483 |
| Stallings | 2% | A− | C+ | 28 min | $115,974 |
| Hemby Bridge | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $71,688 |
| Monroe | 8% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $72,540 |
| Wesley Chapel | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $132,188 |
| Lake Park | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $66,411 |
| Weddington | under 2% | A+ | B− | 28 min | $190,766 |
| Fairview | under 2% | A+ | D− | 28 min | $98,808 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Monroe. Darker towns draw more of Indian Trail’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 Indian Trail: questions
What is the median household income in Indian Trail?
$108,483 (±$8,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Indian Trail?
5.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Indian Trail?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Indian Trail work?
8% work in town.
Is Indian Trail walkable?
Indian Trail is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Indian Trail without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Indian Trail, from the people who make the trip.
More of Indian Trail
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.