Work & commute · Linville

Work & commute in Linville, NC

Most working residents leave Linville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Boone (8%), Sugar Mountain (6%) and North Wilkesboro (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Linville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linville.

87live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linville goes to work

Boone15.3 mi away

8%7

Sugar Mountain4.1 mi away

6%5

North Wilkesboro41.5 mi away

4%4

Banner Elk6.3 mi away

3%3

Lenoir22.6 mi away

3%3

Charlotte83.3 mi away

3%3

Blowing Rock12.2 mi away

2%2

Marion28 mi away

2%2

Thomasville100.9 mi away

2%2

Fayetteville176.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%56

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

How far

How far Linville commutes

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

29%

15%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linville is a job hub

2.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Linville are

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

Jobs based in Linville

250 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Linville residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+119%

Jobs based in Linville, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 250. 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.