Work & commute · Laurel Park

Work & commute in Laurel Park, NC

Most working residents leave Laurel Park for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (20%), Asheville (15%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Laurel Park residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laurel Park.

788live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laurel Park goes to work

Hendersonville2.8 mi away

20%165

Asheville18.1 mi away

15%124

Charlotte94.6 mi away

4%34

Mills River6.8 mi away

4%29

Brevard13.4 mi away

3%24

Laurel Park (in town)right here

3%23

Fletcher8.4 mi away

2%17

Raleigh220 mi away

2%16

Winston-Salem137.2 mi away

1%12

Flat Rock4.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%356

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

How far

How far Laurel Park commutes

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

47%

26%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laurel Park is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laurel Park are

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

Jobs based in Laurel Park

407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Laurel Park residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−16%

Jobs based in Laurel Park, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 407. 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.