Work & commute · Church Hill

Work & commute in Church Hill, TN

Most working residents leave Church Hill for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (34%), Johnson City (10%) and Rogersville (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,905 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,716 Church Hill residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Church Hill.

2,716live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Church Hill goes to work

Kingsport9.5 mi away

34%1,000

Johnson City22.2 mi away

10%298

Rogersville17.9 mi away

7%213

Church Hill (in town)right here

7%189

Morristown39.2 mi away

3%78

Knoxville78.6 mi away

2%68

Bristol27.7 mi away

2%65

Greeneville25 mi away

2%55

Blountville21.4 mi away

1%21

Chattanooga173.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%898

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

How far

How far Church Hill commutes

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

39%

35%

11%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Church Hill is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Church Hill are

1,494 jobs are based in Church Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Church Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Church Hill

1,494 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Church Hill residents hold

2,905 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Church Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,463 → 1,494. 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.