Work & commute · Greeneville

Work & commute in Greeneville, TN

44% of Greeneville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (8%), Kingsport (4%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

2,576 of 5,834 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,258 Greeneville residents head out of town to work, 2,576 work right here, and 15,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greeneville.

3,258live here, work elsewhere

2,576live and work here

15,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greeneville goes to work

Greeneville (in town)right here

44%2,576

Johnson City27.3 mi away

8%495

Kingsport28.7 mi away

4%242

Morristown26.9 mi away

4%227

Knoxville64.5 mi away

3%146

Elizabethton34.5 mi away

1%77

Rogersville19.5 mi away

1%59

Bristol43 mi away

1%59

Mosheim8.4 mi away

1%55

Chattanooga156.2 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%1,849

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

How far

How far Greeneville commutes

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

52%

10%

22%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greeneville is a job hub

3.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greeneville are

17,831 jobs are based in Greeneville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greeneville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greeneville

17,831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Greeneville residents hold

5,834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Greeneville, 2013 → 2023: 17,824 → 17,831. 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.