Work & commute · West Marion

Work & commute in West Marion, NC

Most working residents leave West Marion for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (22%), Asheville (9%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 544 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 542 West Marion residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Marion.

542live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Marion goes to work

Marion1.9 mi away

22%120

Asheville30.5 mi away

9%47

Charlotte73.6 mi away

6%30

Morganton18.9 mi away

5%25

Black Mountain17.4 mi away

2%13

Hickory39.5 mi away

2%10

Old Fort9 mi away

1%7

Shelby36.6 mi away

1%7

Greensboro126.7 mi away

1%7

Raleigh189.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%273

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

How far

How far West Marion commutes

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

32%

20%

22%

26%

32%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Marion is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Marion are

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

Jobs based in West Marion

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs West Marion residents hold

544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in West Marion, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 76. 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.