Work & commute · Harrogate

Work & commute in Harrogate, TN

Most working residents leave Harrogate for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Tazewell (11%), Middlesborough (11%) and Knoxville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

205 of 1,512 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,307 Harrogate residents head out of town to work, 205 work right here, and 1,554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrogate.

1,307live here, work elsewhere

205live and work here

1,554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrogate goes to work

Harrogate (in town)right here

14%205

Tazewell8.9 mi away

11%170

Middlesborough, KY5 mi away

11%166

Knoxville45.1 mi away

6%95

New Tazewell9.7 mi away

4%57

Morristown32.1 mi away

2%32

Pineville, KY12.4 mi away

2%26

Chattanooga137.6 mi away

2%24

La Follette30.1 mi away

2%23

Oak Ridge55.3 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%695

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

How far

How far Harrogate commutes

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

41%

11%

20%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrogate is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrogate are

1,759 jobs are based in Harrogate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harrogate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harrogate

1,759 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Harrogate residents hold

1,512 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+24%

Jobs based in Harrogate, 2013 → 2023: 1,420 → 1,759. 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.