Work & commute · Nebo

Work & commute in Nebo, NC

Most working residents leave Nebo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (22%), Asheville (7%) and Morganton (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 777 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 762 Nebo residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nebo.

762live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nebo goes to work

Marion5.5 mi away

22%170

Asheville37.1 mi away

7%55

Morganton12.2 mi away

6%50

Charlotte70.4 mi away

6%45

Old Fort15.8 mi away

2%16

Hickory33.3 mi away

2%15

Nebo (in town)right here

2%15

Raleigh183.8 mi away

1%10

Winston-Salem96.4 mi away

1%9

Kings Mountain46.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%384

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

How far

How far Nebo commutes

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

35%

21%

22%

35%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nebo is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nebo are

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

Jobs based in Nebo

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Nebo residents hold

777 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+14%

Jobs based in Nebo, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 168. 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.