Work & commute · Newland

Work & commute in Newland, NC

Most working residents leave Newland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sugar Mountain (6%), Boone (5%) and Banner Elk (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 201 Newland residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newland.

201live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newland goes to work

Newland (in town)right here

7%14

Sugar Mountain4.4 mi away

6%12

Boone17 mi away

5%10

Banner Elk5.9 mi away

4%8

Charlotte86.5 mi away

3%7

Asheville50 mi away

2%4

Hickory41.7 mi away

2%4

Crossnore4.5 mi away

1%3

Marion28.7 mi away

1%3

Winston-Salem93 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%147

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

How far

How far Newland commutes

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

47%

15%

14%

24%

47%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newland is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newland are

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

Jobs based in Newland

404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Newland residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−40%

Jobs based in Newland, 2013 → 2023: 670 → 404. 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.