Work & commute · Gatlinburg

Work & commute in Gatlinburg, TN

45% of Gatlinburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sevierville (11%), Pigeon Forge (10%) and Knoxville (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

736 of 1,639 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 903 Gatlinburg residents head out of town to work, 736 work right here, and 6,283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gatlinburg.

903live here, work elsewhere

736live and work here

6,283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gatlinburg goes to work

Gatlinburg (in town)right here

45%736

Sevierville12.4 mi away

11%186

Pigeon Forge6.4 mi away

10%168

Knoxville30.6 mi away

7%122

Morristown34.8 mi away

1%21

Chattanooga108.8 mi away

1%20

Oak Ridge47.6 mi away

1%19

Memphis367 mi away

1%13

Johnson City75.4 mi away

1%9

Kingsport76.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%336

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

How far

How far Gatlinburg commutes

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

61%

11%

15%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gatlinburg is a job hub

4.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gatlinburg are

7,019 jobs are based in Gatlinburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gatlinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gatlinburg

7,019 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gatlinburg residents hold

1,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+19%

Jobs based in Gatlinburg, 2013 → 2023: 5,874 → 7,019. 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.