Work & commute · Lake Lure

Work & commute in Lake Lure, NC

Most working residents leave Lake Lure for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (9%), Asheville (9%) and Hendersonville (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

85 of 503 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 418 Lake Lure residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 736 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Lure.

418live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

736work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Lure goes to work

Lake Lure (in town)right here

17%85

Charlotte79 mi away

9%46

Asheville21.5 mi away

9%44

Hendersonville16.7 mi away

5%25

Black Mountain13.4 mi away

3%13

Chimney Rock Village3 mi away

2%8

Rutherfordton14.7 mi away

2%8

Spindale16.8 mi away

2%8

Morganton34.7 mi away

2%8

Forest City20.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%251

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

How far

How far Lake Lure commutes

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

23%

36%

11%

30%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Lure is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Lure are

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

Jobs based in Lake Lure

821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Lure residents hold

503 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+32%

Jobs based in Lake Lure, 2013 → 2023: 622 → 821. 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.