Work & commute · Etowah

Work & commute in Etowah, TN

Most working residents leave Etowah for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (23%), Cleveland (9%) and Chattanooga (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

145 of 1,465 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,320 Etowah residents head out of town to work, 145 work right here, and 1,034 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Etowah.

1,320live here, work elsewhere

145live and work here

1,034work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Etowah goes to work

Athens9.3 mi away

23%340

Etowah (in town)right here

10%145

Cleveland22.2 mi away

9%128

Chattanooga44.8 mi away

8%116

Vonore24.3 mi away

4%57

Knoxville54.5 mi away

4%53

Sweetwater18.5 mi away

2%30

Madisonville15.8 mi away

2%25

Memphis307.4 mi away

1%18

Dayton29.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%542

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

How far

How far Etowah commutes

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

29%

33%

18%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Etowah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Etowah are

1,179 jobs are based in Etowah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Etowah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Etowah

1,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Etowah residents hold

1,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−13%

Jobs based in Etowah, 2013 → 2023: 1,360 → 1,179. 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.