Work & commute · Colonial Heights

Work & commute in Colonial Heights, TN

Most working residents leave Colonial Heights for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (44%), Johnson City (14%) and Bristol (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 1,249 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,247 Colonial Heights residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colonial Heights.

1,247live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colonial Heights goes to work

Kingsport3.4 mi away

44%545

Johnson City12.2 mi away

14%180

Bristol15.8 mi away

4%46

Blountville9.4 mi away

3%33

Knoxville89 mi away

2%31

Bristol, VA20.3 mi away

2%23

Jonesborough13.7 mi away

1%15

Chattanooga183.4 mi away

1%11

Morristown49.3 mi away

1%9

Oak Grove5.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%348

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

How far

How far Colonial Heights commutes

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

55%

26%

15%

55%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colonial Heights is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colonial Heights are

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

Jobs based in Colonial Heights

137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Colonial Heights residents hold

1,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−15%

Jobs based in Colonial Heights, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 137. 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.