Work & commute · Ashley Heights

Work & commute in Ashley Heights, NC

Most working residents leave Ashley Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pinehurst (13%), Aberdeen (8%) and Southern Pines (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 109 Ashley Heights residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ashley Heights.

109live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ashley Heights goes to work

Pinehurst8.8 mi away

13%14

Aberdeen4.6 mi away

8%9

Southern Pines7.4 mi away

7%8

Fayetteville22.7 mi away

5%6

Raleigh65.8 mi away

5%5

Raeford11.1 mi away

4%4

Lumberton37.6 mi away

3%3

Charlotte82.7 mi away

3%3

Greensboro73.9 mi away

3%3

Lumber Bridge22 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%53

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

How far

How far Ashley Heights commutes

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

30%

19%

18%

33%

30%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ashley Heights is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ashley Heights are

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

Jobs based in Ashley Heights

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ashley Heights residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−19%

Jobs based in Ashley Heights, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 122. 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.