Work & commute · Woodfin

Work & commute in Woodfin, NC

Most working residents leave Woodfin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Asheville (46%), Charlotte (5%) and Weaverville (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

191 of 3,268 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,077 Woodfin residents head out of town to work, 191 work right here, and 3,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodfin.

3,077live here, work elsewhere

191live and work here

3,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodfin goes to work

Asheville5.6 mi away

46%1,500

Woodfin (in town)right here

6%191

Charlotte103.4 mi away

5%153

Weaverville3.7 mi away

3%92

Black Mountain14.8 mi away

1%49

Hendersonville23.4 mi away

1%35

Raleigh221.6 mi away

1%35

Mills River18.3 mi away

1%34

Greensboro157.8 mi away

1%28

Winston-Salem134 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,124

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

How far

How far Woodfin commutes

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

60%

15%

21%

60%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodfin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodfin are

3,525 jobs are based in Woodfin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodfin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodfin

3,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Woodfin residents hold

3,268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Woodfin, 2013 → 2023: 2,868 → 3,525. 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.