Work & commute · Mars Hill

Work & commute in Mars Hill, NC

Most working residents leave Mars Hill for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (28%), Charlotte (5%) and Woodfin (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 816 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 777 Mars Hill residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mars Hill.

777live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mars Hill goes to work

Asheville17.8 mi away

28%231

Mars Hill (in town)right here

5%39

Charlotte105.6 mi away

5%37

Woodfin12.7 mi away

4%35

Weaverville9.2 mi away

4%34

Marshall7.4 mi away

2%20

Black Mountain19.3 mi away

1%11

Raleigh218.9 mi away

1%10

Greensboro153.5 mi away

1%9

Hot Springs16.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%382

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

How far

How far Mars Hill commutes

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

22%

46%

10%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mars Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mars Hill are

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

Jobs based in Mars Hill

759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mars Hill residents hold

816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−16%

Jobs based in Mars Hill, 2013 → 2023: 904 → 759. 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.