Work & commute · Valley Hill

Work & commute in Valley Hill, NC

Most working residents leave Valley Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hendersonville (22%), Asheville (14%) and Mills River (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
9 of 806 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 797 Valley Hill residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Hill.

797live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
58work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Valley Hill goes to work

RosmanGroverLaurel ParkChimney Rock VillageBrevardCherryvilleFletcherFlat RockHendersonvilleMills RiverAshevilleCharlotteGreerValley HillMountain HomeEast Flat RockDanaHendersonvilleAshevilleMills RiverCharlotteEast Flat RockBrevardFletcherMountain HomeFlat RockLaurel ParkValley Hill
1
Hendersonville2.9 mi away
22%178
2
Asheville19.4 mi away
14%109
3
Mills River8.1 mi away
5%37
4
Charlotte93.9 mi away
4%33
5
East Flat Rock4.4 mi away
2%18
6
Brevard13.7 mi away
2%17
7
Fletcher9.6 mi away
2%16
8
Mountain Home5.3 mi away
2%15
9
Flat Rock3 mi away
1%11
10
Laurel Park1.4 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%362

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

How far

How far Valley Hill commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Hill is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Hill are

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

Jobs based in Valley Hill

67 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Valley Hill residents hold

806 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+34%

Jobs based in Valley Hill, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 67. 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.

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