Work & commute · Jellico

Work & commute in Jellico, TN

Most working residents leave Jellico for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Williamsburg (10%), Knoxville (8%) and Jacksboro (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

112 of 774 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 662 Jellico residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jellico.

662live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jellico goes to work

Jellico (in town)right here

14%112

Williamsburg, KY11.9 mi away

10%75

Knoxville42.5 mi away

8%65

Jacksboro16.9 mi away

8%61

Clinton32.6 mi away

4%33

La Follette13.8 mi away

3%22

Corbin, KY24.9 mi away

2%18

Oak Ridge42.9 mi away

2%18

London, KY37.8 mi away

2%13

Somerset, KY44.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%347

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

How far

How far Jellico commutes

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

19%

29%

30%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jellico is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jellico are

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

Jobs based in Jellico

686 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Jellico residents hold

774 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−35%

Jobs based in Jellico, 2013 → 2023: 1,059 → 686. 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.