Work & commute · Webster

Work & commute in Webster, NC

Most working residents leave Webster for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sylva (14%), Cullowhee (14%) and Cherokee (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 151 Webster residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 346 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webster.

151live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

346work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Webster goes to work

Sylva1.7 mi away

14%22

Cullowhee3.5 mi away

14%21

Cherokee10.5 mi away

7%11

Asheville40.5 mi away

5%8

Waynesville15.5 mi away

4%6

Webster (in town)right here

2%3

Bryson City13.9 mi away

2%3

Franklin14.9 mi away

2%3

Brevard28.6 mi away

2%3

Charlotte135 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%71

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

How far

How far Webster commutes

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

47%

24%

14%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Webster is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Webster are

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

Jobs based in Webster

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Webster residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1645%

Jobs based in Webster, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 349. 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.