Work & commute · Etowah

Work & commute in Etowah, NC

Most working residents leave Etowah for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (18%), Hendersonville (11%) and Brevard (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

187 of 2,879 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,692 Etowah residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 1,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Etowah.

2,692live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

1,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Etowah goes to work

Asheville18.5 mi away

18%507

Hendersonville7.6 mi away

11%328

Etowah (in town)right here

6%187

Brevard8.8 mi away

5%132

Mills River5.3 mi away

5%130

Charlotte99.4 mi away

4%122

Fletcher10 mi away

3%95

East Flat Rock9.8 mi away

2%46

Raleigh224.8 mi away

1%37

Mountain Home6.7 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,261

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

How far

How far Etowah commutes

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

40%

34%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Etowah is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Etowah are

1,442 jobs are based in Etowah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Etowah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Etowah

1,442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Etowah residents hold

2,879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+115%

Jobs based in Etowah, 2013 → 2023: 672 → 1,442. 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.