Hardly anyone in Valley Hill is out of work
Only 1% work in Valley Hill itself; outside it, Hendersonville draws the most (22%, 3 miles). Jobs and income earn Valley Hill A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 25 for North Carolina and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Valley Hill, in brief
Valley Hill is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Valley Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Valley Hill has about 1,900 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Valley Hill and Hendersonville trade workers both ways
Hendersonville is the top workplace for Valley Hill residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Valley Hill come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 806 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Valley Hill earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Valley Hill is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #45 of 290 in North Carolina. 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 55% 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, Valley Hill could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Valley Hill
On a workday 797 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Valley Hill on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Where people from Valley Hill work
Where Valley Hill clocks in
22% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Valley Hill
67 jobs are based in Valley Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Valley Hill, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 67. 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 Valley Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of North Carolina
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Valley Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,017 commuters (the 12% 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 Valley Hill, by distance
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.
In Valley Hill, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Valley Hill is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #248 of 290 in North Carolina. 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 1,153 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Valley Hill households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Valley Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600, Valley Hill ranks 777th of 4,797 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Avery Creek NC | 2,887 | $113K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Wrightsville Beach NC | 2,397 | $152K | 4.0% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 391 | Swepsonville NC | 2,632 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 775 | Van Buren Township OH | 2,119 | $105K | 7.8% | 0.6% | 1% | A− |
| 776 | Mad River Township OH | 2,770 | $86K | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 777 | Valley Hill NC | 2,675 | $87K | 7.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 778 | Park City TN | 2,813 | $95K | 4.7% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 779 | White River Township IN | 2,340 | $82K | 3.9% | 3.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | 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 Valley Hill, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
The towns next door employ 23% of Valley Hill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Valley Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Hill | – | A− | C− | 21 min | $86,599 |
| Laurel Park | 1% | B+ | C | 23 min | $90,000 |
| Hendersonville | 22% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $53,449 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hendersonville. Darker towns draw more of Valley Hill’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 Valley Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Valley Hill?
$86,599 (±$10,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Valley Hill?
7.9%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Valley Hill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Valley Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hendersonville (22%, 3 mi), Asheville (14%, 19 mi), Mills River (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Valley Hill walkable?
Valley Hill is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Valley Hill 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 Valley Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Valley Hill
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.