Work & commute · Helenwood

Work & commute in Helenwood, TN

Most working residents leave Helenwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (28%), Oneida (10%) and Knoxville (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 95 Helenwood residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helenwood.

95live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helenwood goes to work

Huntsville2.7 mi away

28%28

Oneida6 mi away

10%10

Knoxville46.5 mi away

6%6

Oak Ridge35.5 mi away

5%5

Helenwood (in town)right here

4%4

Clinton33.1 mi away

3%3

Chattanooga102.3 mi away

3%3

Sunbright15 mi away

2%2

Winfield10.7 mi away

2%2

Crossville42.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%34

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

How far

How far Helenwood commutes

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

49%

21%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helenwood is a job hub

3.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Helenwood are

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

Jobs based in Helenwood

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Helenwood residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+1585%

Jobs based in Helenwood, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 337. 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.