Residents working outside county (1990 figures in parentheses)

Workers driving into the county (1990 census)

Average travel time (1990 census)

Job growth from 1990

Mecklenburg

9% (7%)

31% (28%)

26 minutes (22 minutes)

up 32%

Cabarrus

47% (43%)

38% (31%)

27 minutes (22 minutes)

up 36%

Iredell

31% (24%)

24% (17%)

25.5 minutes (19.8 minutes)

up 24%

Union

47% (39%)

28% (25%)

29 minutes (24 minutes)

up 30%

Gaston

37% (26%)

25% (20%)

24.6 minutes (19.7 minutes)

down 7%

Rowan

32% (31%)

26% (18%)

23.3 minutes (19.2 minutes)

up 21%

Catawba

16% (12%

34% (30%)

20.7 minutes (17.4 minutes)

up 14%

Stanly

32% (22%)

17% (12%)

25.3 minutes (20.8 minutes)

down 1%

Lincoln

52% (48%)

28% (22%)

27 minutes (22.4 minutes)

up 23%

York, S.C.

40% (35%)

25% (18%)

27.2 minutes (21.8 minutes)

up 22%

Chester, S.C.

44% (34%)

31% (28%)

27.8 minutes (21.4 minutes)

down 8%

Lancaster, S.C.

40% (37%)

24% (18%)

27 minutes (23.9 minutes)

up 13%