Work & commute · Fall Branch

Work & commute in Fall Branch, TN

Most working residents leave Fall Branch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (28%), Johnson City (27%) and Greeneville (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Fall Branch residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fall Branch.

550live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fall Branch goes to work

Kingsport8.4 mi away

28%154

Johnson City14.5 mi away

27%148

Greeneville20.3 mi away

7%41

Jonesborough11.7 mi away

4%22

Bristol24.7 mi away

2%11

Erwin22.1 mi away

2%10

Knoxville80 mi away

2%10

Blountville18.3 mi away

2%9

Elizabethton22.1 mi away

1%7

Morristown40.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%135

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

How far

How far Fall Branch commutes

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

28%

57%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fall Branch is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fall Branch are

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

Jobs based in Fall Branch

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fall Branch residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Fall Branch, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 67. 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.