Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, TN

About one in 4 of Jamestown’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Crossville (7%), Cookeville (6%) and Lafayette (3%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

168 of 652 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 484 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

484live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,021work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Jamestown (in town)right here

26%168

Crossville33.5 mi away

7%45

Cookeville37.6 mi away

6%40

Lafayette61.2 mi away

3%21

Chattanooga95.9 mi away

2%14

Knoxville63.5 mi away

1%8

Livingston21.9 mi away

1%7

Smyrna94.4 mi away

1%7

Cleveland86.5 mi away

1%7

Murfreesboro92 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%328

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

39%

20%

36%

39%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is a job hub

3.36jobs 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 Jamestown are

2,189 jobs are based in Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamestown

2,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−24%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 2,880 → 2,189. 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.