Work & commute · Harriman

Work & commute in Harriman, TN

Most working residents leave Harriman for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (15%), Oak Ridge (14%) and Kingston (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 2,491 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,295 Harriman residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 2,595 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harriman.

2,295live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

2,595work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harriman goes to work

Knoxville34.4 mi away

15%363

Oak Ridge15.4 mi away

14%351

Harriman (in town)right here

8%196

Kingston5.1 mi away

5%125

Rockwood7.5 mi away

3%65

Loudon17.4 mi away

2%47

Crossville26.2 mi away

2%44

Chattanooga71.1 mi away

2%44

Alcoa34.2 mi away

1%36

Clinton27 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,187

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

How far

How far Harriman commutes

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

25%

31%

27%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harriman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harriman are

2,791 jobs are based in Harriman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harriman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harriman

2,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Harriman residents hold

2,491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+18%

Jobs based in Harriman, 2013 → 2023: 2,357 → 2,791. 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.