Work & commute · Caryville

Work & commute in Caryville, TN

Most working residents leave Caryville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (17%), Clinton (11%) and La Follette (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 871 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 843 Caryville residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 875 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caryville.

843live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

875work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caryville goes to work

Knoxville27.4 mi away

17%145

Clinton15.2 mi away

11%97

La Follette5.8 mi away

10%83

Oak Ridge24.4 mi away

9%78

Jacksboro1.7 mi away

5%40

Caryville (in town)right here

3%28

Rocky Top6.5 mi away

2%20

Chattanooga104.3 mi away

2%14

Powell21.3 mi away

1%13

Alcoa36.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%343

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

How far

How far Caryville commutes

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

22%

32%

28%

17%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caryville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caryville are

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

Jobs based in Caryville

903 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Caryville residents hold

871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3%

Jobs based in Caryville, 2013 → 2023: 873 → 903. 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.