Work & commute · Hendersonville

Work & commute in Hendersonville, NC

About one in 5 of Hendersonville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Asheville (15%), Charlotte (4%) and Fletcher (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,250 of 6,036 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,786 Hendersonville residents head out of town to work, 1,250 work right here, and 12,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hendersonville.

4,786live here, work elsewhere

1,250live and work here

12,299work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hendersonville goes to work

Hendersonville (in town)right here

21%1,250

Asheville17.9 mi away

15%931

Charlotte92 mi away

4%263

Fletcher8 mi away

3%183

Mills River8.5 mi away

3%159

East Flat Rock3.7 mi away

2%148

Raleigh217.2 mi away

2%100

Brevard16.2 mi away

2%93

Mountain Home4.1 mi away

1%89

Etowah7.6 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,765

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

How far

How far Hendersonville commutes

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

48%

25%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hendersonville is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hendersonville are

13,549 jobs are based in Hendersonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hendersonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hendersonville

13,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hendersonville residents hold

6,036 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+4%

Jobs based in Hendersonville, 2013 → 2023: 13,040 → 13,549. 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.