Work & commute · Biltmore Forest

Work & commute in Biltmore Forest, NC

Most working residents leave Biltmore Forest for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (45%), Charlotte (6%) and Hendersonville (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 536 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 510 Biltmore Forest residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,517 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Biltmore Forest.

510live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,517work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Biltmore Forest goes to work

Asheville2.6 mi away

45%239

Charlotte98.8 mi away

6%31

Biltmore Forest (in town)right here

5%26

Hendersonville15.3 mi away

3%16

Fletcher7.3 mi away

2%13

Brevard22.6 mi away

1%5

Woodfin8.2 mi away

1%5

Huntersville94.3 mi away

1%5

Cullowhee39.4 mi away

1%5

Weaverville11.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%187

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

How far

How far Biltmore Forest commutes

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

63%

10%

23%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Biltmore Forest is a job hub

2.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Biltmore Forest are

1,543 jobs are based in Biltmore Forest. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Biltmore Forest’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Biltmore Forest

1,543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Biltmore Forest residents hold

536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+62%

Jobs based in Biltmore Forest, 2013 → 2023: 954 → 1,543. 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.