Work & commute · Kingston

Work & commute in Kingston, TN

Most working residents leave Kingston for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Ridge (21%), Knoxville (16%) and Harriman (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 2,710 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,500 Kingston residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,962 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kingston.

2,500live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,962work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kingston goes to work

Oak Ridge13.6 mi away

21%572

Knoxville31.8 mi away

16%424

Kingston (in town)right here

8%210

Harriman5.1 mi away

4%112

Loudon12.3 mi away

2%61

Chattanooga69.7 mi away

2%52

Lenoir City13 mi away

2%43

Maryville30.6 mi away

1%38

Alcoa30.3 mi away

1%37

Clinton26.2 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,128

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

How far

How far Kingston commutes

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

23%

40%

22%

14%

23%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kingston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kingston are

2,172 jobs are based in Kingston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kingston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kingston

2,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Kingston residents hold

2,710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Kingston, 2013 → 2023: 1,983 → 2,172. 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.