Work & commute · Barker Heights

Work & commute in Barker Heights, NC

Most working residents leave Barker Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (22%), Asheville (13%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 379 Barker Heights residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barker Heights.

379live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barker Heights goes to work

Hendersonville1.4 mi away

22%84

Asheville19.2 mi away

13%48

Charlotte91.1 mi away

4%16

Fletcher9.4 mi away

3%13

Mills River9.7 mi away

3%11

East Flat Rock2.4 mi away

3%10

Raleigh216.6 mi away

2%6

Brevard16.7 mi away

1%5

Flat Rock2.9 mi away

1%5

Greenville, SC32.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%179

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

How far

How far Barker Heights commutes

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

48%

24%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barker Heights is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barker Heights are

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

Jobs based in Barker Heights

177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Barker Heights residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+228%

Jobs based in Barker Heights, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 177. 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.