Work & commute · Brevard

Work & commute in Brevard, NC

About one in 3 of Brevard’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Asheville (10%), Charlotte (5%) and Hendersonville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

933 of 2,808 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,875 Brevard residents head out of town to work, 933 work right here, and 4,493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brevard.

1,875live here, work elsewhere

933live and work here

4,493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brevard goes to work

Brevard (in town)right here

33%933

Asheville24.4 mi away

10%267

Charlotte107.1 mi away

5%148

Hendersonville16.2 mi away

4%104

Mills River12.1 mi away

2%47

Fletcher17.9 mi away

1%38

Raleigh233.3 mi away

1%31

Winston-Salem150.6 mi away

1%26

Rosman8.8 mi away

1%24

Greenville, SC35.1 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,167

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

How far

How far Brevard commutes

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

44%

21%

12%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brevard is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brevard are

5,426 jobs are based in Brevard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brevard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brevard

5,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Brevard residents hold

2,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+13%

Jobs based in Brevard, 2013 → 2023: 4,821 → 5,426. 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.