Work & commute · Lakesite

Work & commute in Lakesite, TN

Most working residents leave Lakesite for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (62%), Cleveland (3%) and Knoxville (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 793 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 784 Lakesite residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakesite.

784live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

503work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakesite goes to work

Chattanooga11.2 mi away

62%491

Cleveland15.3 mi away

3%23

Knoxville85.4 mi away

3%22

Soddy-Daisy4.4 mi away

3%20

Red Bank10.8 mi away

1%11

East Ridge15 mi away

1%10

Lakesite (in town)right here

1%9

Dayton21.5 mi away

1%7

Franklin108 mi away

1%7

Memphis272.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%187

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

How far

How far Lakesite commutes

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

25%

54%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakesite is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakesite are

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

Jobs based in Lakesite

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lakesite residents hold

793 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+57%

Jobs based in Lakesite, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 512. 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.