Work & commute · Beech Mountain

Work & commute in Beech Mountain, NC

Most working residents leave Beech Mountain for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Banner Elk (11%), Boone (9%) and Sugar Mountain (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 239 Beech Mountain residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beech Mountain.

239live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beech Mountain goes to work

Banner Elk3.7 mi away

11%28

Boone12.4 mi away

9%23

Beech Mountain (in town)right here

7%19

Sugar Mountain5.9 mi away

4%11

Seven Devils5.9 mi away

4%10

Charlotte91.1 mi away

3%8

Asheville57.8 mi away

3%7

Hickory45.5 mi away

3%7

North Wilkesboro41.8 mi away

2%6

Kingsport, TN42.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%133

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

How far

How far Beech Mountain commutes

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

37%

17%

21%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beech Mountain is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beech Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Beech Mountain

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Beech Mountain residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+66%

Jobs based in Beech Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 169. 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.