Avery Creek has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
For jobs and income Avery Creek is better than 97% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). Measured by household income, Avery Creek is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. 1.4% of residents are in poverty, next to 13.0% for North Carolina as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Avery Creek, in a few figures
38% of Avery Creek works in Asheville
374 working residents, 38%, have their main job in Asheville, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 38 times as many as work in Avery Creek itself. The commute map ↓
Most Avery Creek residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Avery Creek are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 990 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Avery Creek gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Avery Creek could be anywhere from A to A+.
38% of working residents work in Asheville
Where Avery Creek clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Avery Creek goes to work
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Time on the road from Avery Creek: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avery Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,585 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across North Carolina: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Avery Creek on a workday
On a workday 976 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Avery Creek on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.55 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Avery Creek is a services town
540 jobs are based in Avery Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avery Creek, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 540. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avery Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Avery Creek, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.9% across North Carolina.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,832 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Avery Creek households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Avery Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Avery Creek ranks 118th of 4,882 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 84 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Moreland Hills OH | 3,473 | $186K | 4.0% | 2.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 117 | Shady Shores TX | 2,998 | $159K | 2.8% | 3.4% | <1% | A+ |
| 118 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 119 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| 120 | West Amwell Township NJ | 3,037 | $151K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
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| 174 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Avery Creek, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Next door is work for 38% of Avery Creek
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avery Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Creek | – | A+ | C− | 17 min | $113,261 |
| Asheville | 38% | B− | A | 18 min | $71,102 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Asheville. Darker towns draw more of Avery Creek’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Avery Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Avery Creek?
$113,261 (±$11,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avery Creek?
1.4%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avery Creek?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avery Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Asheville (38%, 7 mi), Charlotte (5%, 100 mi), Hendersonville (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Avery Creek walkable?
Avery Creek is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Avery Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avery Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avery Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.