Work & commute · Bostic

Work & commute in Bostic, NC

Most working residents leave Bostic for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (14%), Rutherfordton (10%) and Charlotte (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 143 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 143 Bostic residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bostic.

143live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bostic goes to work

Forest City2.7 mi away

14%20

Rutherfordton7.1 mi away

10%14

Charlotte57.7 mi away

10%14

Spindale4.9 mi away

5%7

Shelby17.1 mi away

4%6

Columbus22.4 mi away

2%3

Lincolnton34.5 mi away

2%3

Lake Lure21.4 mi away

2%3

Asheville42.8 mi away

2%3

Weaverville46.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%68

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

How far

How far Bostic commutes

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

40%

16%

23%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bostic is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bostic are

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

Jobs based in Bostic

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Bostic residents hold

143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−5%

Jobs based in Bostic, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 92. 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.