Work & commute · Blountville

Work & commute in Blountville, TN

Most working residents leave Blountville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bristol (19%), Kingsport (15%) and Johnson City (14%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 1,242 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,161 Blountville residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 2,627 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blountville.

1,161live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

2,627work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blountville goes to work

Bristol6.5 mi away

19%231

Kingsport11.9 mi away

15%188

Johnson City13.5 mi away

14%175

Blountville (in town)right here

7%81

Bristol, VA11.1 mi away

5%57

Knoxville98.3 mi away

2%30

Greeneville37.2 mi away

2%21

Elizabethton14.3 mi away

2%20

Morristown58.6 mi away

1%13

Bluff City5.8 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%414

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

How far

How far Blountville commutes

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

41%

37%

18%

41%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blountville is a job hub

2.18jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blountville are

2,708 jobs are based in Blountville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blountville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blountville

2,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Blountville residents hold

1,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−18%

Jobs based in Blountville, 2013 → 2023: 3,287 → 2,708. 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.