Work & commute · Bryson

Work & commute in Bryson, NC

About one in 5 of Bryson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (11%), Sylva (4%) and Asheville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

135 of 668 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 533 Bryson residents head out of town to work, 135 work right here, and 1,574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bryson.

533live here, work elsewhere

135live and work here

1,574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bryson goes to work

Bryson City (in town)right here

20%135

Cherokee9.2 mi away

11%76

Sylva13.4 mi away

4%25

Asheville51.3 mi away

4%25

Franklin17.4 mi away

2%12

Waynesville25.6 mi away

1%10

Charlotte148.3 mi away

1%10

Raleigh271.3 mi away

1%8

Cullowhee17 mi away

1%7

Brevard42.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%356

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

How far

How far Bryson commutes

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

47%

22%

11%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bryson is a job hub

2.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bryson are

1,709 jobs are based in Bryson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bryson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bryson

1,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Bryson residents hold

668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+25%

Jobs based in Bryson, 2013 → 2023: 1,367 → 1,709. 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.