Work & commute · West Canton

Work & commute in West Canton, NC

Most working residents leave West Canton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (20%), Canton (12%) and Waynesville (11%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 486 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 484 West Canton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Canton.

484live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Canton goes to work

Asheville17.7 mi away

20%97

Canton1.5 mi away

12%57

Waynesville8.4 mi away

11%54

Hendersonville27.4 mi away

3%15

Charlotte116.8 mi away

2%12

Maggie Valley11.1 mi away

2%9

Sylva22.9 mi away

2%8

Woodfin17.3 mi away

1%7

Knoxville, TN67.7 mi away

1%6

Brevard21.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%216

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

How far

How far West Canton commutes

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

34%

39%

10%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Canton is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Canton are

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

Jobs based in West Canton

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs West Canton residents hold

486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in West Canton, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 48. 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.