With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gerton works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Gerton itself; outside it, Hendersonville draws the most (14%, 12 miles). Employers in Gerton report 14 jobs, against 107 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, where North Carolina as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Gerton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Gerton on a workday afternoon, 85% fewer 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 places Gerton commutes to
Where Gerton clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Gerton: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Gerton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Gerton
of Gerton workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Gerton
About 27% 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 Gerton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gerton?
21.8%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Gerton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hendersonville (14%, 12 mi), Asheville (9%, 13 mi), Charlotte (6%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gerton 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 Gerton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gerton
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.