Work & commute · Barnardsville

Work & commute in Barnardsville, NC

Most working residents leave Barnardsville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (36%), Weaverville (4%) and Fletcher (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 195 Barnardsville residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barnardsville.

195live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barnardsville goes to work

Asheville15.6 mi away

36%73

Weaverville8.3 mi away

4%8

Fletcher24.3 mi away

3%6

Woodfin11.9 mi away

3%6

Barnardsville (in town)right here

3%6

Charlotte99.6 mi away

2%5

Hendersonville31.6 mi away

1%3

Mills River28.7 mi away

1%3

Kannapolis103.7 mi away

1%3

Winston-Salem124.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%85

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

How far

How far Barnardsville commutes

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

15%

55%

10%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barnardsville is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barnardsville are

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

Jobs based in Barnardsville

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Barnardsville residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+44%

Jobs based in Barnardsville, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 135. 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.