Photo: Algorhythms · CC BY-SA 4.0More than half of Mint Hill’s working residents commute to Charlotte
For jobs and income Mint Hill is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Mint Hill is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns. Only 6% work in Mint Hill; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (52%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mint Hill in brief
Mint Hill has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mint Hill went from 4,589 in 2013 to 7,076 in 2023, +54%. The jobs ↓
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 the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mint Hill
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mint Hill could be anywhere from B to A+.
Inside Mint Hill’s 7,076 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mint Hill, 2013 → 2023: 4,589 → 7,076. 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 Mint Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Mint Hill by day and by night
On a workday 11,933 residents head out to work, 701 work right here, and 6,375 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Mint Hill on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.56 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.
Where Mint Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Mint Hill clocks in
52% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
From Mint Hill, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mint Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,313 commuters (the 21% 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.
Half of Mint Hill commutes less than 12 miles
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 Mint Hill start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 14,251 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 16% 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 2.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 72% 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). 1.7% of Mint Hill households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mint Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mint Hill ranks: 511th of 1,366 U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Matthews NC | 32,769 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Morrisville NC | 32,466 | $125K | 3.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 145 | Cornelius NC | 35,094 | $114K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 509 | Rotterdam NY | 31,065 | $86K | 7.0% | 3.0% | 11% | A− |
| 510 | Maryville TN | 32,442 | $82K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 26% | A− |
| 511 | Mint Hill NC | 29,476 | $101K | 8.4% | 4.1% | 6% | A− |
| 512 | Estero FL | 38,365 | $104K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 10% | A− |
| 513 | Hastings MN | 22,563 | $94K | 5.4% | 4.9% | 23% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Mint Hill, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Bordering towns draw 56% of Mint Hill’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Charlotte. Darker towns draw more of Mint Hill’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 Mint Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Mint Hill?
$100,860 (±$5,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mint Hill?
8.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mint Hill?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mint Hill work?
6% work in town.
Is Mint Hill walkable?
Mint Hill is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mint Hill 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 Mint Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mint Hill
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.