Work & commute · Crossville

Work & commute in Crossville, TN

48% of Crossville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Cookeville (5%), Knoxville (2%) and Chattanooga (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

2,105 of 4,390 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,285 Crossville residents head out of town to work, 2,105 work right here, and 12,454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crossville.

2,285live here, work elsewhere

2,105live and work here

12,454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crossville goes to work

Crossville (in town)right here

48%2,105

Cookeville30.1 mi away

5%211

Knoxville60.5 mi away

2%84

Chattanooga62.4 mi away

2%73

Fairfield Glade9.5 mi away

2%68

Murfreesboro78.1 mi away

1%51

Franklin101.9 mi away

1%47

Monterey18.7 mi away

1%44

Sparta24.8 mi away

1%41

Oak Ridge41.4 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,625

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

How far

How far Crossville commutes

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

55%

13%

28%

55%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crossville is a job hub

3.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Crossville are

14,559 jobs are based in Crossville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crossville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crossville

14,559 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Crossville residents hold

4,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+10%

Jobs based in Crossville, 2013 → 2023: 13,188 → 14,559. 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.