Photo: Cdtew at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Mooresville have higher incomes than those in 67% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Mooresville B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. 7.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.0% across North Carolina. About one in four stay in Mooresville for work; outside it, Charlotte is the main destination (17%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mooresville, in brief
Mooresville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mooresville is Charlotte, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (4,134) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mooresville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mooresville went from 24,962 in 2014 to 35,356 in 2024, +42%. The jobs ↓
Mooresville draws workers from far and wide
The 35,356 jobs in Mooresville are filled from a wide area. Mooresville’s own residents hold 16% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Mooresville gains people on a workday
About 67,000 people are in Mooresville on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 56,000 who live here: 30,000 come in to work and 18,000 head out. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
Inside Mooresville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mooresville is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #72 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Mooresville’s grade up (ahead of 74% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mooresville could be anywhere from B to A−.
Half of Mooresville commutes less than 16 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What work there is in Mooresville: 35,356 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mooresville, 2014 → 2024: 24,962 → 35,356. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mooresville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Mooresville’s working residents head each day
Where Mooresville clocks in
17% of workers
5% 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.
Mooresville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 18,422 residents head out to work, 5,738 work right here, and 29,618 people come in from elsewhere.
About 67,000 people are in Mooresville on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, about the NC average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mooresville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,936 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.
In Mooresville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mooresville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #128 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 27,117 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Mooresville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mooresville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mooresville is 370th of 786 U.S. towns of 39,000 to 75,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Huntersville NC | 68,535 | $121K | 3.1% | 3.2% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Chapel Hill NC | 63,565 | $86K | 18.6% | 4.5% | 27% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Holly Springs NC | 50,288 | $136K | 4.8% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 368 | Bonita Springs FL | 57,634 | $95K | 9.6% | 3.4% | 17% | B+ |
| 369 | Westfield MA | 40,546 | $88K | 10.7% | 3.0% | 24% | B+ |
| 370 | Mooresville NC | 55,842 | $90K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 24% | B+ |
| 371 | Waipahu HI | 40,482 | $104K | 12.0% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 372 | Prattville AL | 40,582 | $81K | 10.7% | 1.8% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 786 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Mooresville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Mooresville and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mooresville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooresville | – | B+ | B− | 25 min | $89,647 |
| Lake Norman of Iredell | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $173,542 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mooresville’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 2024, 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 Mooresville: questions
What is the median household income in Mooresville?
$89,647 (±$3,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mooresville?
7.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mooresville?
25 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 Mooresville work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (17%, 26 mi), Statesville (5%, 14 mi), Concord (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mooresville walkable?
Mooresville is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mooresville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mooresville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mooresville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.