Charlotte draws about half of Lake Park’s working residents
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way; North Carolina averages 25, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Lake Park B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 1% work in Lake Park itself; outside it, Charlotte draws the most (46%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lake Park: the figures worth knowing
Nearly half of Lake Park works in Charlotte
684 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Charlotte, 14 miles away. That’s 46 times as many as work in Lake Park itself. The commute map ↓
Lake Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 25 across North Carolina. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
What’s behind Lake Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Park is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #84 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Lake Park’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,411, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Park could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where people from Lake Park work
Where Lake Park clocks in
46% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 long Lake Park spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Park workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,243 commuters (the 20% 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 many people are in Lake Park by day
On a workday 1,466 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 573 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Lake Park on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
Jobs in Lake Park: what the 595 are
595 jobs are based in Lake Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Park, 2013 → 2023: 650 → 595. 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 Lake Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lake Park works
About 15% 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.
Most trips from Lake Park start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Park is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #124 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 1,545 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 Lake Park households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lake Park next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900: 1,477th of 4,474 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 90 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,475 | Williamstown KY | 4,030 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.9% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,476 | Welsh LA | 3,286 | $78K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,477 | Lake Park NC | 3,609 | $66K | 8.0% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,478 | London Township MI | 3,006 | $81K | 4.5% | 5.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,479 | Beaver Township MI | 2,684 | $89K | 4.8% | 4.2% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lake Park, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Lake Park and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Indian Trail (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $66,411 |
| Indian Trail | 6% | A− | C | 28 min | $108,483 |
| Hemby Bridge | under 2% | B− | C | 27 min | $71,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Park’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 Lake Park: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Park?
$66,411 (±$7,469) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Park?
8.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Park?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Park work?
1% work in town.
Is Lake Park walkable?
Lake Park is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Park without a car?
0% 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 Lake Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Park
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.