Work & commute · La Follette

Work & commute in La Follette, TN

Most working residents leave La Follette for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (14%), Clinton (8%) and Jacksboro (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

390 of 2,850 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,460 La Follette residents head out of town to work, 390 work right here, and 3,229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Follette.

2,460live here, work elsewhere

390live and work here

3,229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Follette goes to work

Knoxville29.4 mi away

14%392

La Follette (in town)right here

14%390

Clinton18.8 mi away

8%228

Jacksboro4.5 mi away

7%202

Oak Ridge29.5 mi away

4%124

Caryville5.8 mi away

4%111

Morristown47.4 mi away

2%61

Chattanooga110 mi away

1%42

Maryville43.9 mi away

1%38

Sevierville45.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,227

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

How far

How far La Follette commutes

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

30%

18%

35%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Follette is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Follette are

3,619 jobs are based in La Follette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Follette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Follette

3,619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs La Follette residents hold

2,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+39%

Jobs based in La Follette, 2013 → 2023: 2,609 → 3,619. 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.