Work & commute · Flat Top Mountain

Work & commute in Flat Top Mountain, TN

Most working residents leave Flat Top Mountain for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (60%), Soddy-Daisy (5%) and Knoxville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 260 Flat Top Mountain residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Top Mountain.

260live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Top Mountain goes to work

Chattanooga18.6 mi away

60%157

Soddy-Daisy5.1 mi away

5%12

Knoxville82.9 mi away

4%10

Dayton15.6 mi away

3%8

Cleveland21.3 mi away

3%7

Lakesite9.5 mi away

2%4

East Ridge23.2 mi away

2%4

Memphis269.6 mi away

2%4

Red Bank16.2 mi away

1%3

Dalton, GA41 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%49

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

How far

How far Flat Top Mountain commutes

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

71%

16%

6%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Top Mountain is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Top Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Flat Top Mountain

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Flat Top Mountain residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

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.