Work & commute · Bakersville

Work & commute in Bakersville, NC

Most working residents leave Bakersville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Spruce Pine (12%), Hickory (3%) and Burnsville (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

17 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 155 Bakersville residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bakersville.

155live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bakersville goes to work

Spruce Pine8.6 mi away

12%20

Bakersville (in town)right here

10%17

Hickory50.6 mi away

3%5

Burnsville10.4 mi away

2%3

Statesville73.8 mi away

2%3

Charlotte93.1 mi away

2%3

Crossnore12.7 mi away

1%2

Hudson39.3 mi away

1%2

Marion25 mi away

1%2

Morganton31.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%113

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

How far

How far Bakersville commutes

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

40%

30%

10%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bakersville is a job hub

2.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bakersville are

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

Jobs based in Bakersville

489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bakersville residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Bakersville, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 489. 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.