Work & commute · Burnsville

Work & commute in Burnsville, NC

Most working residents leave Burnsville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Spruce Pine (6%), Asheville (4%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

58 of 544 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 486 Burnsville residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 1,030 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnsville.

486live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

1,030work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnsville goes to work

Burnsville (in town)right here

11%58

Spruce Pine12.8 mi away

6%30

Asheville27.8 mi away

4%22

Charlotte95.8 mi away

3%17

Winston-Salem114.6 mi away

2%11

Weaverville21.2 mi away

2%10

Marion23.5 mi away

1%7

Morganton35.6 mi away

1%6

Hickory56 mi away

1%6

Greensboro138.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%371

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

How far

How far Burnsville commutes

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

43%

23%

12%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnsville is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnsville are

1,088 jobs are based in Burnsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Burnsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Burnsville

1,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Burnsville residents hold

544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Burnsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,043 → 1,088. 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.