Work & commute · Rosman

Work & commute in Rosman, NC

Most working residents leave Rosman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brevard (17%), Asheville (6%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 252 Rosman residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rosman.

252live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rosman goes to work

Brevard8.8 mi away

17%44

Asheville33 mi away

6%16

Charlotte112.5 mi away

6%16

Cashiers15.9 mi away

3%8

Fletcher26.6 mi away

3%7

Greensboro180.6 mi away

2%5

Rosman (in town)right here

2%4

Hendersonville24 mi away

2%4

Mills River20.9 mi away

2%4

Winston-Salem158.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%144

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

How far

How far Rosman commutes

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

39%

12%

23%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rosman is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rosman are

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

Jobs based in Rosman

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Rosman residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+457%

Jobs based in Rosman, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 195. 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.