Work & commute · Chattanooga

Work & commute in Chattanooga, OK

Most working residents leave Chattanooga for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lawton (54%), Oklahoma City (9%) and Cache (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Chattanooga residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chattanooga.

148live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chattanooga goes to work

Lawton18.8 mi away

54%82

Oklahoma City96.8 mi away

9%14

Cache14.2 mi away

6%9

Chattanooga (in town)right here

3%4

Norman93.2 mi away

2%3

Tulsa194.8 mi away

2%3

Wichita Falls, TX36.5 mi away

2%3

Geronimo15.7 mi away

1%2

McAlester167.3 mi away

1%2

Ardmore88.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%28

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

How far

How far Chattanooga commutes

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

64%

30%

3%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chattanooga is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chattanooga are

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

Jobs based in Chattanooga

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Chattanooga residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−19%

Jobs based in Chattanooga, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 94. 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.