Photo: -ted · CC BY 2.0Weaverville has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 3,915 people commute in to work
4,043 jobs are based in Weaverville; 1,755 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Weaverville are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, 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
Where Weaverville stands out on work
Weaverville is where the jobs are
Weaverville has 4,043 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,100 people are in town, 48% more than the 4,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
41% of Weaverville works in Asheville
720 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Asheville, 8.6 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Weaverville itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Weaverville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 25 across North Carolina. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Carolina worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Weaverville
24% of Weaverville workers work from home, against 16% across North Carolina. Time on the road ↓
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.
The figures behind Weaverville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weaverville is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #44 of 290 in North Carolina. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weaverville could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
A workday in Weaverville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,627 residents head out to work and 128 work right here.
About 7,100 people are in Weaverville on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Weaverville
Where Weaverville clocks in
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 trip to work from Weaverville: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weaverville workers work from home, vs 16% across North Carolina. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,854 commuters (the 24% 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.
A place that makes things: 30% of Weaverville’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weaverville, 2013 → 2023: 3,895 → 4,043. 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 Weaverville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Weaverville’s workers travel
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.
Getting around Weaverville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weaverville is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #93 of 290 in North Carolina. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of 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 2,454 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Weaverville households have no vehicle (North Carolina 5.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weaverville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Weaverville next to U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500: 816th of 3,753 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Jamestown NC | 3,803 | $105K | 2.5% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Fairview NC | 3,805 | $99K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Midland NC | 5,151 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 814 | Bartonville IL | 5,804 | $73K | 7.1% | 1.1% | 9% | A− |
| 815 | Silt CO | 3,743 | $94K | 2.6% | 0.5% | 6% | A− |
| 816 | Weaverville NC | 4,790 | $88K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 7% | A− |
| 817 | Columbus Township MI | 4,303 | $94K | 4.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 818 | McKean Township PA | 4,340 | $84K | 2.0% | 3.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Weaverville, the top three, the last and three more from North Carolina.
Work in the towns next to Weaverville
The biggest share goes to Woodfin (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weaverville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaverville | – | A− | B | 19 min | $88,221 |
| Woodfin | 4% | B | B− | 23 min | $71,384 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weaverville’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 Weaverville: questions
What is the median household income in Weaverville?
$88,221 (±$30,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,388 across North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weaverville?
4.2%, against 13.0% across North Carolina and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weaverville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across North Carolina and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weaverville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Asheville (41%, 9 mi), Charlotte (4%, 103 mi), Woodfin (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weaverville walkable?
Weaverville is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weaverville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weaverville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weaverville
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.