Work & commute · Cove Creek

Work & commute in Cove Creek, NC

Most working residents leave Cove Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Boone (39%), Hickory (3%) and Charlotte (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Cove Creek residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cove Creek.

459live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cove Creek goes to work

Boone8.5 mi away

39%184

Hickory46.1 mi away

3%14

Charlotte91.8 mi away

2%10

Asheville65.5 mi away

2%9

Raleigh178.5 mi away

2%9

Cove Creek (in town)right here

2%9

Banner Elk10 mi away

2%8

Blowing Rock12.8 mi away

1%6

Morganton38.1 mi away

1%5

Greensboro110.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%209

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

How far

How far Cove Creek commutes

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

59%

10%

11%

20%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cove Creek is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cove Creek are

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

Jobs based in Cove Creek

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cove Creek residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+82%

Jobs based in Cove Creek, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 102. 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.