Work & commute · Hayesville

Work & commute in Hayesville, NC

Most working residents leave Hayesville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Murphy (7%), Asheville (7%) and Franklin (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

18 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 157 Hayesville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hayesville.

157live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hayesville goes to work

Hayesville (in town)right here

10%18

Murphy12.2 mi away

7%12

Asheville80.1 mi away

7%12

Franklin26.4 mi away

5%8

Hiawassee, GA7.9 mi away

3%5

Andrews10.7 mi away

2%4

Young Harris, GA7.8 mi away

2%3

Charlotte169.2 mi away

2%3

Cherokee42.2 mi away

2%3

Blairsville, GA13.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%105

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

How far

How far Hayesville commutes

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

32%

22%

13%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hayesville is a job hub

4.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hayesville are

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

Jobs based in Hayesville

726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hayesville residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+98%

Jobs based in Hayesville, 2013 → 2023: 367 → 726. 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.