Photo: Deshort · CC BY-SA 3.0Charlotte draws more than half of Pineville’s working residents
Employers in Pineville report 13,754 jobs for 5,192 working residents. The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S. Household incomes here are lower than in 59% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pineville and work: the main findings
More than half of Pineville works in Charlotte
2,958 working residents, 57%, have their main job in Charlotte, 8.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 11 times as many as work in Pineville itself. The commute map ↓
Pineville is where the jobs are
Pineville has 13,754 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 20,000 people are in town, 72% more than the 12,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What’s behind Pineville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pineville is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #129 of 290 in North Carolina. Job access by car holds Pineville’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pineville could be anywhere from C to A.
Who travels to work in Pineville, and from where
Where Pineville clocks in
57% of workers
2% 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.
Pineville by day and by night
On a workday 4,917 residents head out to work, 275 work right here, and 13,479 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20,000 people are in Pineville on a workday afternoon, 72% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The kinds of work in Pineville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pineville, 2013 → 2023: 12,922 → 13,754. 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 Pineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pineville: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pineville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,413 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.
How far Pineville’s workers travel
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.
Pineville is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,608 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 20.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 10.7% of Pineville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pineville’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,623rd of 2,695: where Pineville ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 63 | Weddington NC | 14,517 | $191K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
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| 293 | Rolesville NC | 12,839 | $150K | 1.1% | 3.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 372 | Summerfield NC | 11,327 | $160K | 7.1% | 2.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,621 | Washington Township IN | 14,073 | $64K | 12.0% | 2.3% | 40% | B− |
| 1,622 | Clay AL | 10,198 | $82K | 17.3% | 4.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,623 | Pineville NC | 11,851 | $69K | 13.8% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,624 | Platteville WI | 11,815 | $43K | 23.9% | 4.9% | 32% | B− |
| 1,625 | Lakewood Park FL | 13,866 | $64K | 9.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Pineville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work next door: 57% of Pineville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Charlotte. Darker towns draw more of Pineville’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 Pineville: questions
What is the median household income in Pineville?
$69,354 (±$6,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pineville?
13.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pineville?
24 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 Pineville work?
5% work in town.
Is Pineville walkable?
Pineville is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pineville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pineville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pineville
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.