Work & commute · Dandridge

Work & commute in Dandridge, TN

Most working residents leave Dandridge for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (16%), Morristown (10%) and Sevierville (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

138 of 1,411 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,273 Dandridge residents head out of town to work, 138 work right here, and 2,731 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dandridge.

1,273live here, work elsewhere

138live and work here

2,731work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dandridge goes to work

Knoxville29.3 mi away

16%229

Morristown14 mi away

10%145

Dandridge (in town)right here

10%138

Sevierville12.8 mi away

9%131

Pigeon Forge17.7 mi away

6%82

Jefferson City6.9 mi away

4%58

Newport13.8 mi away

3%37

Gatlinburg21.4 mi away

2%25

White Pine9.4 mi away

2%22

Oak Ridge48.3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%527

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

How far

How far Dandridge commutes

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

22%

37%

26%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dandridge is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dandridge are

2,869 jobs are based in Dandridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dandridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dandridge

2,869 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dandridge residents hold

1,411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Dandridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,637 → 2,869. 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.