Work & commute · Maggie Valley

Work & commute in Maggie Valley, NC

Most working residents leave Maggie Valley for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (14%), Waynesville (12%) and Sylva (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

92 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 715 Maggie Valley residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maggie Valley.

715live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maggie Valley goes to work

Asheville28.8 mi away

14%110

Waynesville4.5 mi away

12%95

Maggie Valley (in town)right here

11%92

Sylva13.6 mi away

4%30

Canton12.6 mi away

2%20

Lake Junaluska5 mi away

2%20

Charlotte127.6 mi away

2%15

Cherokee13.7 mi away

2%15

Cullowhee16.4 mi away

1%11

Raleigh249 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%390

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

How far

How far Maggie Valley commutes

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

37%

19%

26%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maggie Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Maggie Valley are

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

Jobs based in Maggie Valley

846 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Maggie Valley residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+17%

Jobs based in Maggie Valley, 2013 → 2023: 722 → 846. 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.