Work & commute · Lake Junaluska

Work & commute in Lake Junaluska, NC

Most working residents leave Lake Junaluska for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (15%), Waynesville (14%) and Sylva (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,286 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,250 Lake Junaluska residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Junaluska.

1,250live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Junaluska goes to work

Asheville23.8 mi away

15%192

Waynesville3.4 mi away

14%176

Sylva17.5 mi away

3%41

Canton7.6 mi away

3%39

Lake Junaluska (in town)right here

3%36

Charlotte122.7 mi away

3%33

Cherokee18.7 mi away

3%33

Maggie Valley5 mi away

2%27

Cullowhee19.2 mi away

2%26

Knoxville, TN62.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%663

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

How far

How far Lake Junaluska commutes

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

34%

30%

16%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Junaluska is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Junaluska are

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

Jobs based in Lake Junaluska

783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Junaluska residents hold

1,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−16%

Jobs based in Lake Junaluska, 2013 → 2023: 931 → 783. 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.