Work & commute · Tryon

Work & commute in Tryon, NC

Most working residents leave Tryon for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Charlotte (9%), Columbus (8%) and Asheville (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 563 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 511 Tryon residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tryon.

511live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tryon goes to work

Tryon (in town)right here

9%52

Charlotte79.4 mi away

9%51

Columbus3.3 mi away

8%44

Asheville30.7 mi away

6%32

Hendersonville14.7 mi away

4%25

Spartanburg, SC25.3 mi away

4%23

Greenville, SC26.7 mi away

2%11

Raleigh206.8 mi away

2%10

Hickory63.1 mi away

1%8

Winston-Salem127 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%299

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

How far

How far Tryon commutes

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

29%

22%

17%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tryon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tryon are

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

Jobs based in Tryon

613 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Tryon residents hold

563 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+3%

Jobs based in Tryon, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 613. 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.