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Work & commute · Lookout Mountain

Work & commute in Lookout Mountain, GA

Most working residents leave Lookout Mountain for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (39%), Trenton (3%) and LaFayette (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
14 of 528 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 514 Lookout Mountain residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lookout Mountain.

514live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
408work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lookout Mountain goes to work

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1
Chattanooga, TN9.4 mi away
39%208
2
Trenton10.5 mi away
3%17
3
LaFayette18.4 mi away
3%15
4
Lookout Mountain (in town)right here
3%14
5
Dalton26 mi away
2%12
6
Atlanta98.9 mi away
2%12
7
Cleveland, TN31.4 mi away
2%12
8
Fort Oglethorpe7 mi away
2%9
9
Lookout Mountain, TN2 mi away
2%9
10
Kimball, TN18.5 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%215

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lookout Mountain commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lookout Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lookout Mountain are

422 jobs are based in Lookout Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lookout Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lookout Mountain

422 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)96%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lookout Mountain residents hold

528 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+32%

Jobs based in Lookout Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 422. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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