Work & commute · Dunlap

Work & commute in Dunlap, TN

About one in 4 of Dunlap’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (24%), Knoxville (2%) and Pikeville (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

517 of 2,047 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,530 Dunlap residents head out of town to work, 517 work right here, and 2,492 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunlap.

1,530live here, work elsewhere

517live and work here

2,492work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunlap goes to work

Dunlap (in town)right here

25%517

Chattanooga22.3 mi away

24%490

Knoxville91 mi away

2%43

Pikeville20.4 mi away

2%40

Cleveland32 mi away

2%36

Jasper24.8 mi away

2%35

Soddy-Daisy14.3 mi away

2%32

Dayton23.2 mi away

1%29

Memphis259 mi away

1%21

Kimball27.4 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%784

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

How far

How far Dunlap commutes

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

29%

28%

19%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunlap is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunlap are

3,009 jobs are based in Dunlap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dunlap

3,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Dunlap residents hold

2,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+37%

Jobs based in Dunlap, 2013 → 2023: 2,192 → 3,009. 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.