Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lawndale works elsewhere
Lawndale has 44 jobs, against 223 working residents. Hardly any work in Lawndale; the top destination outside it is Shelby (25%, 9 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lawndale and work: the main findings
Lawndale is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Lawndale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lawndale has about 400 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lawndale 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 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Lawndale by day
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Lawndale on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lawndale workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 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.
The places Lawndale commutes to
Where Lawndale clocks in
10% 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.
34% of the jobs in Lawndale make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lawndale, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 44. 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 Lawndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lawndale
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 Lawndale: questions
What is the median household income in Lawndale?
$39,250 (±$15,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lawndale?
23.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lawndale?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lawndale work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelby (25%, 9 mi), Charlotte (10%, 44 mi), Gastonia (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lawndale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lawndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lawndale
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.