Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Crossnore has 3.8 jobs per working resident, and 147 people come in to work
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Carolina 16%). There are 147 jobs in Crossnore, and 39 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Crossnore; the top destination outside it is Spruce Pine (13%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Crossnore
On a workday 39 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 350 people are in Crossnore on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip into Crossnore
Where Crossnore clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Crossnore are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crossnore, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 147. 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 Crossnore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Crossnore
of Crossnore workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Crossnore commutes
About 28% 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 Crossnore: questions
What is the poverty rate in Crossnore?
0.0%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Crossnore work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spruce Pine (13%, 11 mi), Banner Elk (5%, 10 mi), Sugar Mountain (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crossnore 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 Crossnore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crossnore
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.