Work & commute · Cumberland Gap

Work & commute in Cumberland Gap, TN

Most working residents leave Cumberland Gap for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harrogate (17%), Tazewell (9%) and Middlesborough (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 114 Cumberland Gap residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland Gap.

114live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumberland Gap goes to work

Harrogate1.9 mi away

17%19

Tazewell10.8 mi away

9%10

Middlesborough, KY3.3 mi away

8%9

New Tazewell11.5 mi away

3%4

Knoxville46.1 mi away

3%4

La Follette29.9 mi away

3%3

Corbin, KY33.4 mi away

2%2

Greeneville55.6 mi away

2%2

Cookeville107.4 mi away

2%2

Morristown33.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%58

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

How far

How far Cumberland Gap commutes

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

29%

24%

19%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland Gap is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland Gap are

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

Jobs based in Cumberland Gap

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month4%

Jobs Cumberland Gap residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+71%

Jobs based in Cumberland Gap, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 70. 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.