Work & commute · Robbinsville

Work & commute in Robbinsville, NC

About one in 5 of Robbinsville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (4%), Murphy (3%) and Asheville (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

48 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 181 Robbinsville residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robbinsville.

181live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robbinsville goes to work

Robbinsville (in town)right here

21%48

Cherokee30.8 mi away

4%10

Murphy19.8 mi away

3%7

Asheville72.8 mi away

3%7

Charlotte168.2 mi away

3%6

Andrews8.5 mi away

2%5

Raleigh292.5 mi away

2%5

Lake Santeetlah4.4 mi away

2%4

Sylva33.5 mi away

2%4

Fontana Dam7.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%130

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

How far

How far Robbinsville commutes

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

49%

19%

25%

49%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robbinsville is a job hub

3.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Robbinsville are

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

Jobs based in Robbinsville

879 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Robbinsville residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−21%

Jobs based in Robbinsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,114 → 879. 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.