Work & commute · Montreat

Work & commute in Montreat, NC

Most working residents leave Montreat for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (26%), Black Mountain (19%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 336 Montreat residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montreat.

336live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montreat goes to work

Asheville15.2 mi away

26%89

Black Mountain2.7 mi away

19%65

Charlotte88 mi away

4%15

Raleigh205.5 mi away

2%6

Montreat (in town)right here

1%5

Hendersonville24.1 mi away

1%5

Swannanoa6 mi away

1%5

Brevard36.7 mi away

1%4

Winston-Salem118.4 mi away

1%4

Old Fort6.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%140

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

How far

How far Montreat commutes

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

28%

42%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montreat is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montreat are

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

Jobs based in Montreat

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Montreat residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+26%

Jobs based in Montreat, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 225. 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.