Taking the case of Hengyang city, this paper uses deviation index and questionnaire survey to analyze the spatial match level between employment and housing in local central cities. The results indicate that the employment and housing spatial match degree shows great district regularities. Employment function increases gradually in core areas, which include Yanfeng district and Zhengxiang district. At the same time, the living function increases in Zhuhui function and Shigu district. From the macroscopic level, the average commuting distance and time is about 3.33km and 30rain in Zhubui distri...