Work & commute · Jonesborough

Work & commute in Jonesborough, TN

Most working residents leave Jonesborough for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (39%), Kingsport (10%) and Greeneville (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

235 of 2,367 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,132 Jonesborough residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 3,969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesborough.

2,132live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

3,969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesborough goes to work

Johnson City6.2 mi away

39%926

Kingsport15.9 mi away

10%237

Jonesborough (in town)right here

10%235

Greeneville21.1 mi away

3%82

Oak Grove9.2 mi away

3%77

Knoxville85.2 mi away

3%60

Elizabethton13.6 mi away

2%55

Bristol23.2 mi away

2%53

Erwin11 mi away

1%32

Morristown46.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%588

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

How far

How far Jonesborough commutes

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

56%

25%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesborough is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesborough are

4,204 jobs are based in Jonesborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jonesborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jonesborough

4,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Jonesborough residents hold

2,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Jonesborough, 2013 → 2023: 3,845 → 4,204. 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.