Work & commute · Bulls Gap

Work & commute in Bulls Gap, TN

Most working residents leave Bulls Gap for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Morristown (23%), Rogersville (11%) and Greeneville (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 246 Bulls Gap residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bulls Gap.

246live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bulls Gap goes to work

Morristown12.9 mi away

23%60

Rogersville10.9 mi away

11%30

Greeneville15.8 mi away

8%20

Johnson City39.3 mi away

7%18

Bulls Gap (in town)right here

6%17

Knoxville52.6 mi away

3%8

Kingsport34.7 mi away

3%8

White Pine16 mi away

2%5

Bean Station12.7 mi away

2%4

Mosheim7.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%90

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

How far

How far Bulls Gap commutes

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

27%

41%

17%

15%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bulls Gap is a job hub

2.07jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bulls Gap are

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

Jobs based in Bulls Gap

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Bulls Gap residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Bulls Gap, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 545. 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.