Work & commute · Fletcher

Work & commute in Fletcher, NC

Most working residents leave Fletcher for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (34%), Hendersonville (5%) and Charlotte (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

230 of 3,451 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,221 Fletcher residents head out of town to work, 230 work right here, and 4,337 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fletcher.

3,221live here, work elsewhere

230live and work here

4,337work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fletcher goes to work

Asheville9.9 mi away

34%1,164

Fletcher (in town)right here

7%230

Hendersonville8 mi away

5%189

Charlotte95.8 mi away

3%111

Mills River5.8 mi away

2%81

Brevard17.9 mi away

1%48

Black Mountain16.2 mi away

1%45

Raleigh218.9 mi away

1%34

Woodfin15.4 mi away

1%31

Biltmore Forest7.3 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,488

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

How far

How far Fletcher commutes

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

50%

29%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fletcher is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fletcher are

4,567 jobs are based in Fletcher. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fletcher’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fletcher

4,567 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Fletcher residents hold

3,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+17%

Jobs based in Fletcher, 2013 → 2023: 3,920 → 4,567. 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.