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Jobs & commute in Peachland

Peachland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

26 jobs are based in Peachland; 188 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Peachland; the top destination outside it is Charlotte (14%, 35 miles). 5% of workers have no commute at all, 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

Day and night

Peachland by day and by night

On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.

187live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
25work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday230
400live here− 190head out to work+ 25come in to work= 230on a workday

About 230 people are in Peachland on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Peachland work

McFarlanMorvenPeachlandAnsonville: 2 residents work here (1%)La GrangePolkton: 9 residents work here (5%)LowellWadesboro: 15 residents work here (8%)Albemarle: 3 residents work here (2%)Indian Trail: 3 residents work here (2%)Asheville: 3 residents work here (2%)Monroe: 23 residents work here (12%)Charlotte: 26 residents work here (14%)WilmingtonConcord: 9 residents work here (5%)Raleigh: 5 residents work here (3%)CharlotteMonroeWadesboroPolktonConcordRaleighPeachland
1
Charlotte35.3 mi away
14%26
2
Monroe16.6 mi away
12%23
3
Wadesboro11 mi away
8%15
4
Polkton4 mi away
5%9
5
Concord34.6 mi away
5%9
6
Raleigh108.3 mi away
3%5
7
Albemarle25.6 mi away
2%3
8
Indian Trail22.4 mi away
2%3
9
Asheville135 mi away
2%3
10
Ansonville11.7 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%90
The top trips

Where Peachland clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Peachland

Jobs based in PeachlandJobs Peachland residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%35%
Trade, transport & utilities12%15%
Services: health, schools, offices88%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less35%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month54%26%
Over $3,333 a month12%60%

Who does it

29 or younger31%24%
30 to 5442%53%
55 and older27%22%
−82%

Jobs based in Peachland, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 26. 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 Peachland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 28 minutes from Peachland

A year of commuting
211 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Peachland28 min
North Carolina25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Peachland workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Peachland gets to work
72%Drive alone
28%Carpool

Share of the 151 commuters (the 5% 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 far

How far it is to work from Peachland

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCharlotte: 14% · 35.3 miMonroe: 12% · 16.6 miWadesboro: 8% · 11 miPolkton: 5% · 4 miConcord: 5% · 34.6 miRaleigh: 3% · 108.3 miAlbemarle: 2% · 25.6 miIndian Trail: 2% · 22.4 miAsheville: 2% · 135 miAnsonville: 1% · 11.7 miCharlotte 14%Monroe 12%Wadesboro 8%Polkton 5%Concord 5%Peachland
PeachlandTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi27 residents
38%10–24 mi70 residents
29%25–50 mi54 residents
19%Over 50 mi35 residents

About 19% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Peachland: questions

What is the median household income in Peachland?

$70,000 (±$14,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Peachland?

4.1%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Peachland?

28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Peachland work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Charlotte (14%, 35 mi), Monroe (12%, 17 mi), Wadesboro (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Peachland without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Peachland, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Peachland

Peachland home →

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.