Carter-Swain House · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Barnardsville earns its living
9.7% of residents are in poverty, where North Carolina as a whole has 13.0%. Only 3% work in Barnardsville itself; outside it, Asheville draws the most (36%, 16 miles). There are 135 jobs in Barnardsville for 201 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Barnardsville, in a few figures
Where people from Barnardsville work
Where Barnardsville clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Barnardsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Barnardsville on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Goods jobs make up 62% of work in Barnardsville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Barnardsville, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 135. 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 Barnardsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Barnardsville
of Barnardsville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 16% 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.
The distance from Barnardsville to work
About 21% 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.
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 Barnardsville: questions
What is the median household income in Barnardsville?
$97,610 (±$95,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Barnardsville?
9.7%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Barnardsville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Asheville (36%, 16 mi), Weaverville (4%, 8 mi), Fletcher (3%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Barnardsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Barnardsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Barnardsville
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.