Work & commute · Flat Rock

Work & commute in Flat Rock, NC

Most working residents leave Flat Rock for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (19%), Asheville (12%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,138 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,101 Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Rock.

1,101live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

552work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Rock goes to work

Hendersonville3.9 mi away

19%220

Asheville21.7 mi away

12%141

Charlotte91.5 mi away

6%65

East Flat Rock2.2 mi away

3%38

Flat Rock (in town)right here

3%37

Fletcher11.9 mi away

3%32

Mills River11.1 mi away

3%32

Brevard15.7 mi away

2%20

Raleigh217.7 mi away

1%17

Winston-Salem135.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%526

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

How far

How far Flat Rock commutes

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

42%

26%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Rock is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Rock are

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

Jobs based in Flat Rock

589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Flat Rock residents hold

1,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+45%

Jobs based in Flat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 406 → 589. 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.