Work & commute · East Flat Rock

Work & commute in East Flat Rock, NC

Most working residents leave East Flat Rock for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (21%), Asheville (12%) and Charlotte (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 2,091 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,969 East Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 1,460 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Flat Rock.

1,969live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

1,460work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Flat Rock goes to work

Hendersonville3.7 mi away

21%431

Asheville21.5 mi away

12%261

East Flat Rock (in town)right here

6%122

Charlotte89.6 mi away

5%100

Fletcher11.7 mi away

3%56

Mills River11.9 mi away

3%56

Brevard17.7 mi away

2%34

Raleigh215.6 mi away

1%28

Mountain Home7.8 mi away

1%28

Flat Rock2.2 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%948

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

How far

How far East Flat Rock commutes

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

43%

28%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Flat Rock is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in East Flat Rock are

1,582 jobs are based in East Flat Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Flat Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Flat Rock

1,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs East Flat Rock residents hold

2,091 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+3%

Jobs based in East Flat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 1,529 → 1,582. 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.