Work & commute · Avery Creek

Work & commute in Avery Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Avery Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (38%), Charlotte (5%) and Hendersonville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 990 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 976 Avery Creek residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avery Creek.

976live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avery Creek goes to work

Asheville7.4 mi away

38%374

Charlotte99.7 mi away

5%45

Hendersonville11.7 mi away

4%35

Mills River5.9 mi away

3%34

Fletcher4.3 mi away

2%18

Biltmore Forest5.2 mi away

1%14

Avery Creek (in town)right here

1%14

Raleigh222.1 mi away

1%12

Brevard17.4 mi away

1%11

Canton15.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%424

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

How far

How far Avery Creek commutes

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

61%

17%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avery Creek is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Avery Creek are

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

Jobs based in Avery Creek

540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Avery Creek residents hold

990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+148%

Jobs based in Avery Creek, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 540. 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.