Photo: SunDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0Charlotte draws about two in five of Mount Holly’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes (North Carolina 25, U.S. 26). The two grades for Mount Holly are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% work in Mount Holly; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (43%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mount Holly: the gist
Mount Holly makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Mount Holly are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mount Holly residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
43% of Mount Holly works in Charlotte
4,203 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Charlotte, 12 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Mount Holly itself. The commute map ↓
Mount Holly draws workers from far and wide
The 5,643 jobs in Mount Holly are filled from a wide area. Mount Holly’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 32%; the other 60% 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.
Mount Holly’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Holly is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #96 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Mount Holly’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, 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, Mount Holly could be anywhere from B− to A.
A place that makes things: 56% of Mount Holly’s jobs are in goods
5,643 jobs are based in Mount Holly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Holly, 2013 → 2023: 4,507 → 5,643. 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 Mount Holly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Mount Holly goes to work
Where Mount Holly clocks in
43% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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.
Who commutes out of Mount Holly, and who commutes in
On a workday 9,304 residents head out to work, 447 work right here, and 5,196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Mount Holly on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Holly workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,673 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.
The distance from Mount Holly to work
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.
In Mount Holly, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Holly is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #202 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% 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 9,447 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). 5.8% of Mount Holly households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Holly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Holly is 1,076th of 2,023 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Harrisburg NC | 20,742 | $148K | 3.7% | 3.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 198 | Wendell NC | 19,687 | $96K | 3.2% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,074 | Yulee FL | 16,648 | $85K | 10.4% | 2.7% | 7% | B |
| 1,075 | Chubbuck ID | 16,823 | $83K | 6.0% | 4.3% | 14% | B |
| 1,076 | Mount Holly NC | 19,033 | $79K | 8.2% | 5.5% | 5% | B |
| 1,077 | Belgrade MT | 13,107 | $97K | 11.2% | 3.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,078 | Universal City TX | 20,399 | $75K | 8.8% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mount Holly, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Mount Holly and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Belmont (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Holly workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holly | – | B | C | 28 min | $79,385 |
| Belmont | 2% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $94,883 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Holly’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 Mount Holly: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Holly?
$79,385 (±$5,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Holly?
8.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Holly?
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 Mount Holly work?
5% work in town.
Is Mount Holly walkable?
Mount Holly is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Holly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Holly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Holly
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.