Work & commute · Copperhill

Work & commute in Copperhill, TN

Most working residents leave Copperhill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ducktown (11%), Blue Ridge (10%) and Chattanooga (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 139 Copperhill residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copperhill.

139live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copperhill goes to work

Ducktown2.6 mi away

11%16

Blue Ridge, GA9.9 mi away

10%15

Chattanooga48.7 mi away

6%8

Cleveland29.9 mi away

5%7

McCaysville, GA1.6 mi away

4%6

Copperhill (in town)right here

4%6

Knoxville71.6 mi away

3%5

Benton19.1 mi away

2%3

Athens33.9 mi away

2%3

Franklin152.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%73

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

How far

How far Copperhill commutes

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

40%

14%

38%

40%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copperhill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Copperhill are

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

Jobs based in Copperhill

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Copperhill residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+32%

Jobs based in Copperhill, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 183. 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.