Work & commute · Ducktown

Work & commute in Ducktown, TN

Most working residents leave Ducktown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (9%), Blue Ridge (8%) and Benton (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

14 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 125 Ducktown residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ducktown.

125live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ducktown goes to work

Ducktown (in town)right here

10%14

Chattanooga48.9 mi away

9%12

Blue Ridge, GA12.2 mi away

8%11

Benton17.9 mi away

6%8

Copperhill2.6 mi away

4%5

Cleveland29.2 mi away

4%5

McCaysville, GA3.8 mi away

2%3

Memphis315.7 mi away

2%3

Knoxville69.1 mi away

2%3

Murphy, NC20.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%73

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

How far

How far Ducktown commutes

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

30%

23%

16%

32%

30%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ducktown is a job hub

1.97jobs 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 Ducktown are

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

Jobs based in Ducktown

274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Ducktown residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Ducktown, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 274. 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.