Work & commute · Jacksboro

Work & commute in Jacksboro, TN

Most working residents leave Jacksboro for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (17%), La Follette (11%) and Clinton (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

91 of 949 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 858 Jacksboro residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 1,796 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksboro.

858live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

1,796work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksboro goes to work

Knoxville28.6 mi away

17%161

La Follette4.5 mi away

11%108

Jacksboro (in town)right here

10%91

Clinton16.7 mi away

9%85

Oak Ridge26.1 mi away

8%76

Caryville1.7 mi away

3%32

Rocky Top7.9 mi away

1%9

Sevierville46 mi away

1%9

Chattanooga105.8 mi away

1%9

Morristown50.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%361

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

How far

How far Jacksboro commutes

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

29%

25%

30%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksboro is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksboro are

1,887 jobs are based in Jacksboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksboro

1,887 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Jacksboro residents hold

949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Jacksboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,887. 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.