Work & commute · Swannanoa

Work & commute in Swannanoa, NC

Most working residents leave Swannanoa for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (36%), Black Mountain (10%) and Charlotte (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 1,961 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,900 Swannanoa residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 1,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swannanoa.

1,900live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

1,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swannanoa goes to work

Asheville9.5 mi away

36%715

Black Mountain3.7 mi away

10%191

Charlotte91.8 mi away

4%80

Swannanoa (in town)right here

3%61

Raleigh210.8 mi away

2%33

Woodfin11.6 mi away

1%27

Greensboro147.6 mi away

1%24

Hendersonville19.5 mi away

1%23

Weaverville11.6 mi away

1%21

Biltmore Forest9.6 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%767

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

How far

How far Swannanoa commutes

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

48%

27%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swannanoa is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Swannanoa are

1,392 jobs are based in Swannanoa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swannanoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swannanoa

1,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Swannanoa residents hold

1,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+53%

Jobs based in Swannanoa, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 1,392. 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.