Work & commute · Coalfield

Work & commute in Coalfield, TN

Most working residents leave Coalfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Ridge (28%), Knoxville (13%) and Clinton (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 964 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 954 Coalfield residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coalfield.

954live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coalfield goes to work

Oak Ridge9.3 mi away

28%269

Knoxville27.8 mi away

13%125

Clinton18.4 mi away

4%39

Wartburg9.8 mi away

3%25

Harriman9.3 mi away

3%25

Kingston10.9 mi away

2%17

Maryville32.1 mi away

2%15

Chattanooga80.1 mi away

1%14

Oliver Springs6.5 mi away

1%12

Farragut17.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%413

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

How far

How far Coalfield commutes

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

27%

41%

15%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coalfield is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coalfield are

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

Jobs based in Coalfield

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Coalfield residents hold

964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−25%

Jobs based in Coalfield, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 74. 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.