Work & commute · Andrews

Work & commute in Andrews, NC

Most working residents leave Andrews for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Murphy (7%), Asheville (4%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

81 of 526 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 445 Andrews residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Andrews.

445live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Andrews goes to work

Andrews (in town)right here

15%81

Murphy13.4 mi away

7%36

Asheville76.2 mi away

4%21

Charlotte169.1 mi away

4%19

Cherokee35.6 mi away

4%19

Franklin25.2 mi away

2%12

Robbinsville8.5 mi away

2%10

Sylva36.4 mi away

2%9

Bryson City26.5 mi away

2%8

Knoxville, TN53.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%303

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Andrews commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

22%

16%

35%

28%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Andrews is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Andrews are

784 jobs are based in Andrews. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Andrews’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Andrews

784 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Andrews residents hold

526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−31%

Jobs based in Andrews, 2013 → 2023: 1,129 → 784. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.