Work & commute · Alcoa

Work & commute in Alcoa, TN

Most working residents leave Alcoa for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (26%), Maryville (17%) and Oak Ridge (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

769 of 5,213 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 4,444 Alcoa residents head out of town to work, 769 work right here, and 16,626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alcoa.

4,444live here, work elsewhere

769live and work here

16,626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alcoa goes to work

Knoxville10.7 mi away

26%1,360

Maryville4.8 mi away

17%874

Alcoa (in town)right here

15%769

Oak Ridge20.9 mi away

3%175

Chattanooga88.8 mi away

2%96

Farragut12.6 mi away

1%66

Sevierville22.3 mi away

1%51

Memphis341.2 mi away

1%39

Pigeon Forge22.7 mi away

1%37

Morristown46 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,713

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

How far

How far Alcoa commutes

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

47%

35%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alcoa is a job hub

3.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alcoa are

17,395 jobs are based in Alcoa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alcoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alcoa

17,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Alcoa residents hold

5,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+22%

Jobs based in Alcoa, 2013 → 2023: 14,289 → 17,395. 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.