Work & commute · Seven Devils

Work & commute in Seven Devils, NC

Most working residents leave Seven Devils for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Boone (22%), Foscoe (7%) and Hickory (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Seven Devils residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seven Devils.

105live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seven Devils goes to work

Boone9.4 mi away

22%23

Foscoe2 mi away

7%7

Hickory39.6 mi away

4%4

Raleigh178.7 mi away

4%4

Blowing Rock8.3 mi away

3%3

Charlotte85.2 mi away

3%3

Banner Elk3.1 mi away

2%2

Cary169.1 mi away

2%2

Marietta, GA216.4 mi away

1%1

Newland7.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%55

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

How far

How far Seven Devils commutes

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

50%

12%

11%

28%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seven Devils is a job hub

1.92jobs 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 Seven Devils are

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

Jobs based in Seven Devils

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Seven Devils residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+104%

Jobs based in Seven Devils, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 202. 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.