Work & commute · Black Mountain

Work & commute in Black Mountain, NC

Most working residents leave Black Mountain for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (29%), Charlotte (4%) and Swannanoa (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

554 of 3,282 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,728 Black Mountain residents head out of town to work, 554 work right here, and 4,369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Mountain.

2,728live here, work elsewhere

554live and work here

4,369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Black Mountain goes to work

Asheville13.1 mi away

29%950

Black Mountain (in town)right here

17%554

Charlotte88.7 mi away

4%145

Swannanoa3.7 mi away

2%79

Hendersonville21.4 mi away

1%46

Raleigh207.2 mi away

1%43

Montreat2.7 mi away

1%38

Marion18.7 mi away

1%37

Woodfin14.8 mi away

1%33

Greensboro144 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,324

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

How far

How far Black Mountain commutes

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

32%

41%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Black Mountain is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Mountain are

4,923 jobs are based in Black Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Black Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Black Mountain

4,923 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Black Mountain residents hold

3,282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+21%

Jobs based in Black Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 4,084 → 4,923. 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.