Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, TN

44% of Johnson’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (10%), Oak Grove (4%) and Elizabethton (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

11,816 of 26,986 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,170 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 11,816 work right here, and 38,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

15,170live here, work elsewhere

11,816live and work here

38,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Johnson City (in town)right here

44%11,816

Kingsport15.2 mi away

10%2,679

Oak Grove6.4 mi away

4%1,130

Elizabethton8 mi away

3%894

Jonesborough6.2 mi away

3%772

Bristol17.5 mi away

3%732

Knoxville91.2 mi away

3%681

Greeneville27.3 mi away

2%554

Erwin13.7 mi away

1%326

Chattanooga183.5 mi away

1%266

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%7,136

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

59%

20%

18%

59%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is a job hub

1.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

50,749 jobs are based in Johnson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Johnson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Johnson

50,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

26,986 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+16%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 43,697 → 50,749. 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.