Seven Devils has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 202 people commute in to work
At home: 36% of workers have no commute at all (North Carolina 16%). There are 202 jobs in Seven Devils, and 105 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Seven Devils; the top destination outside it is Boone (22%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Seven Devils, and who commutes in
On a workday 105 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 410 people are in Seven Devils on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Who travels to work in Seven Devils, and from where
Where Seven Devils clocks in
22% 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.
The kinds of work in Seven Devils
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Seven Devils, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 202. 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 Seven Devils’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Seven Devils’ commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Seven Devils workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 36% 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 commute from Seven Devils, by distance
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.
Work in the towns next to Seven Devils
The biggest share goes to Foscoe (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Seven Devils workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Devils | – | — | — | 27 min | $111,667 |
| Foscoe | 7% | D− | C− | 23 min | $49,243 |
| Sugar Mountain | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sugar Mountain: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Seven Devils’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 Seven Devils: questions
What is the median household income in Seven Devils?
$111,667 (±$16,371) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Seven Devils?
3.3%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Seven Devils?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 36% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Seven Devils work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boone (22%, 9 mi), Foscoe (7%, 2 mi), Hickory (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Seven Devils without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Seven Devils, from the people who make the trip.
More of Seven Devils
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.