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Work & commute · Fruitland

Work & commute in Fruitland, NC

Most working residents leave Fruitland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (17%), Hendersonville (16%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
21 of 902 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 881 Fruitland residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitland.

881live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
383work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fruitland goes to work

BrevardFletcherHendersonvilleShelbyMills RiverAshevilleCharlotteRaleighValley HillMountain HomeEast Flat RockFruitlandEtowahAshevilleHendersonvilleCharlotteFletcherEast Flat RockMills RiverBrevardRaleighMountain HomeFruitland
1
Asheville14.1 mi away
17%155
2
Hendersonville5.5 mi away
16%148
3
Charlotte90.6 mi away
6%50
4
Fletcher5.4 mi away
3%26
5
East Flat Rock8.1 mi away
2%21
6
Fruitland (in town)right here
2%21
7
Mills River9.5 mi away
2%20
8
Brevard20.2 mi away
1%12
9
Raleigh214.4 mi away
1%12
10
Mountain Home4.9 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%425

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

How far

How far Fruitland commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitland is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitland are

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

Jobs based in Fruitland

404 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Fruitland residents hold

902 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+31%

Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 404. 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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