Work & commute · Apison

Work & commute in Apison, TN

Most working residents leave Apison for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (51%), Cleveland (5%) and Collegedale (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 1,538 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,450 Apison residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 2,831 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apison.

1,450live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

2,831work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apison goes to work

Chattanooga14.1 mi away

51%784

Apison (in town)right here

6%88

Cleveland14.4 mi away

5%78

Collegedale4 mi away

4%69

Knoxville89.5 mi away

2%38

Dalton, GA16.5 mi away

2%25

East Ridge12.4 mi away

1%14

Murfreesboro98.8 mi away

1%13

Franklin121.2 mi away

1%12

Memphis280.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%406

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

How far

How far Apison commutes

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

35%

44%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apison is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Apison are

2,919 jobs are based in Apison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Apison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Apison

2,919 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Apison residents hold

1,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+10%

Jobs based in Apison, 2013 → 2023: 2,658 → 2,919. 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.