Work & commute · Greenback

Work & commute in Greenback, TN

Most working residents leave Greenback for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (18%), Maryville (12%) and Alcoa (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Greenback residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenback.

459live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenback goes to work

Knoxville25.4 mi away

18%84

Maryville12.6 mi away

12%57

Alcoa16.2 mi away

7%34

Oak Ridge23.1 mi away

7%32

Loudon12.5 mi away

6%29

Vonore5.2 mi away

5%22

Lenoir City13.3 mi away

3%16

Farragut15.8 mi away

3%12

Greenback (in town)right here

2%10

Athens27.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%163

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

How far

How far Greenback commutes

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

13%

58%

16%

13%

13%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenback is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenback are

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

Jobs based in Greenback

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Greenback residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in Greenback, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 256. 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.