Work & commute · Valle Crucis

Work & commute in Valle Crucis, NC

Most working residents leave Valle Crucis for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Boone (27%), Blowing Rock (5%) and Foscoe (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Valle Crucis residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valle Crucis.

121live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valle Crucis goes to work

Boone7.3 mi away

27%33

Blowing Rock9.4 mi away

5%6

Foscoe4.4 mi away

5%6

Granite Falls35.6 mi away

2%3

Lenoir26.4 mi away

2%3

Charlotte88.2 mi away

2%3

Raleigh178.3 mi away

2%3

Banner Elk5.6 mi away

2%2

Asheville61.4 mi away

2%2

Kannapolis82 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%58

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

How far

How far Valle Crucis commutes

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

57%

28%

57%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valle Crucis is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valle Crucis are

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

Jobs based in Valle Crucis

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Valle Crucis residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+9%

Jobs based in Valle Crucis, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 95. 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.