Work & commute · Farragut

Work & commute in Farragut, TN

Most working residents leave Farragut for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (36%), Oak Ridge (14%) and Alcoa (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

572 of 9,553 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,981 Farragut residents head out of town to work, 572 work right here, and 7,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farragut.

8,981live here, work elsewhere

572live and work here

7,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farragut goes to work

Knoxville14.5 mi away

36%3,475

Oak Ridge8.8 mi away

14%1,298

Farragut (in town)right here

6%572

Alcoa12.6 mi away

2%225

Maryville14.3 mi away

2%187

Chattanooga82.1 mi away

2%152

Lenoir City7.1 mi away

1%133

Memphis329.9 mi away

1%114

Loudon14 mi away

1%76

Morristown54.1 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,261

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

How far

How far Farragut commutes

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

44%

37%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farragut is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farragut are

8,566 jobs are based in Farragut. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farragut’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farragut

8,566 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Farragut residents hold

9,553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+39%

Jobs based in Farragut, 2013 → 2023: 6,169 → 8,566. 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.