Work & commute · Dana

Work & commute in Dana, NC

Most working residents leave Dana for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (20%), Asheville (13%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,595 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,573 Dana residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 292 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dana.

1,573live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

292work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dana goes to work

Hendersonville5.4 mi away

20%321

Asheville20.4 mi away

13%204

Charlotte86.7 mi away

3%54

Fletcher11.3 mi away

3%50

East Flat Rock4.2 mi away

3%45

Mills River13.5 mi away

2%38

Raleigh212 mi away

1%23

Dana (in town)right here

1%22

Brevard21.3 mi away

1%20

Mountain Home8.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%801

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

How far

How far Dana commutes

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

45%

29%

17%

45%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dana is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dana are

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

Jobs based in Dana

314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dana residents hold

1,595 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+14%

Jobs based in Dana, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 314. 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.