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Work & commute · Elk Park

Work & commute in Elk Park, NC

Most working residents leave Elk Park for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Banner Elk (4%), Sugar Mountain (4%) and Boone (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 207 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
32%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Elk Park residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Park.

207live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
33work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk Park goes to work

Elk ParkNewlandBanner ElkSugar MountainSpruce PineNorth WilkesboroBooneMarionMills RiverMorgantonHickoryCharlotteGreensboroJohnson CityRoan MountainBanner ElkSugar MountainBooneNewlandCharlotteHickorySpruce PineNorth WilkesboroMarionMorgantonElk Park
1
Banner Elk6.3 mi away
4%8
2
Sugar Mountain6.8 mi away
4%8
3
Boone18 mi away
4%8
4
Newland5.7 mi away
3%7
5
Charlotte92 mi away
3%6
6
Hickory47 mi away
2%5
7
Spruce Pine17.6 mi away
2%4
8
North Wilkesboro47 mi away
1%3
9
Marion33.3 mi away
1%3
10
Morganton32.8 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
73%152

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

How far

How far Elk Park commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Park is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Park are

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

Jobs based in Elk Park

33 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities45%
Services (health, schools, offices…)24%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Elk Park residents hold

207 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+32%

Jobs based in Elk Park, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 33. 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.

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