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Work & commute · Fontana Dam

Work & commute in Fontana Dam, NC

Most working residents leave Fontana Dam for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Santeetlah (11%), Franklin (11%) and Asheville (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
1 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— 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 8 Fontana Dam residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fontana Dam.

8live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
101work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fontana Dam goes to work

Lake SanteetlahFontana DamRobbinsvilleCantonFranklinAshevilleHuntersvilleHickoryAikenAlcoaBristolKnoxvilleMascotLake SanteetlahFranklinAshevilleHickoryBristolFontana Dam
1
Lake Santeetlah5.3 mi away
11%1
2
Fontana Dam (in town)right here
11%1
3
Franklin30.6 mi away
11%1
4
Asheville72.2 mi away
11%1
5
Hickory142.2 mi away
11%1
6
Bristol, TN118.9 mi away
11%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%3

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

How far

How far Fontana Dam commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fontana Dam is a job hub

11.33jobs per working resident
A job hub

11.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fontana Dam are

102 jobs are based in Fontana Dam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fontana Dam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fontana Dam

102 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month60%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Fontana Dam residents hold

9 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+23%

Jobs based in Fontana Dam, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 102. 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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