Work & commute · Fairgarden

Work & commute in Fairgarden, TN

Most working residents leave Fairgarden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sevierville (28%), Pigeon Forge (14%) and Gatlinburg (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 230 Fairgarden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairgarden.

230live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

78work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairgarden goes to work

Sevierville9.4 mi away

28%65

Pigeon Forge11 mi away

14%33

Gatlinburg12.8 mi away

9%20

Knoxville30.5 mi away

8%19

Memphis372.7 mi away

2%5

Morristown22.1 mi away

2%4

Kingsport64.7 mi away

1%3

Chattanooga118.2 mi away

1%3

Lenoir City49.1 mi away

1%2

Goodlettsville186.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%74

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

How far

How far Fairgarden commutes

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

33%

32%

15%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairgarden is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairgarden are

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

Jobs based in Fairgarden

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Fairgarden residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+271%

Jobs based in Fairgarden, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 78. 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.