Work & commute · Hunter

Work & commute in Hunter, TN

Most working residents leave Hunter for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (24%), Elizabethton (23%) and Kingsport (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 667 Hunter residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hunter.

667live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hunter goes to work

Johnson City13.5 mi away

24%164

Elizabethton6.5 mi away

23%153

Kingsport23.3 mi away

7%45

Bristol11.4 mi away

5%36

Knoxville104.6 mi away

2%16

Hunter (in town)right here

2%13

Greeneville40.6 mi away

2%11

Erwin22.9 mi away

1%6

Jonesborough19.6 mi away

1%6

Morristown65.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%224

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

How far

How far Hunter commutes

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

34%

42%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hunter is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hunter are

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

Jobs based in Hunter

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Hunter residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−64%

Jobs based in Hunter, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 70. 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.