Work & commute · Jasper

Work & commute in Jasper, TN

Most working residents leave Jasper for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (30%), Kimball (6%) and South Pittsburg (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

238 of 1,481 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,243 Jasper residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 2,130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jasper.

1,243live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

2,130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jasper goes to work

Chattanooga21.3 mi away

30%438

Jasper (in town)right here

16%238

Kimball3 mi away

6%86

South Pittsburg6.4 mi away

5%75

Knoxville113.2 mi away

2%32

Cleveland43.4 mi away

2%26

Dunlap24.8 mi away

1%20

Oak Ridge97.6 mi away

1%20

Memphis245.6 mi away

1%16

Manchester37.4 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%515

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

How far

How far Jasper commutes

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

30%

31%

15%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jasper is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jasper are

2,368 jobs are based in Jasper. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jasper’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jasper

2,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Jasper residents hold

1,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Jasper, 2013 → 2023: 2,469 → 2,368. 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.