Work & commute · Dillsboro

Work & commute in Dillsboro, NC

Most working residents leave Dillsboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sylva (28%), Cullowhee (9%) and Franklin (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 86 Dillsboro residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dillsboro.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dillsboro goes to work

Sylva1.9 mi away

28%24

Cullowhee5.8 mi away

9%8

Franklin15.1 mi away

3%3

Waynesville16.3 mi away

3%3

Asheville41.7 mi away

3%3

Cherokee8.4 mi away

3%3

Tiger, GA37.6 mi away

1%1

Dillsboro (in town)right here

1%1

Webster2.3 mi away

1%1

Bryson City11.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%39

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

How far

How far Dillsboro commutes

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

52%

21%

10%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dillsboro is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dillsboro are

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

Jobs based in Dillsboro

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Dillsboro residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+367%

Jobs based in Dillsboro, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 182. 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.