Work & commute · Saluda

Work & commute in Saluda, NC

Most working residents leave Saluda for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (13%), Asheville (8%) and Charlotte (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 248 Saluda residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saluda.

248live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saluda goes to work

Hendersonville8.6 mi away

13%33

Asheville25.8 mi away

8%20

Charlotte85.6 mi away

8%20

Saluda (in town)right here

6%15

Columbus7.8 mi away

4%11

Tryon6.5 mi away

3%7

East Flat Rock4.9 mi away

2%4

Black Mountain26.1 mi away

1%3

Fletcher16.2 mi away

1%3

Marion36 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%144

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

How far

How far Saluda commutes

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

39%

18%

15%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saluda is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saluda are

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

Jobs based in Saluda

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Saluda residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−6%

Jobs based in Saluda, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 232. 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.