Work & commute · Lenoir

Work & commute in Lenoir, TN

Most working residents leave Lenoir for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (19%), Loudon (10%) and Oak Ridge (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

485 of 4,442 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,957 Lenoir residents head out of town to work, 485 work right here, and 5,010 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenoir.

3,957live here, work elsewhere

485live and work here

5,010work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenoir goes to work

Knoxville21.5 mi away

19%855

Lenoir City (in town)right here

11%485

Loudon7 mi away

10%426

Oak Ridge10.4 mi away

9%395

Maryville17.6 mi away

4%174

Vonore15.4 mi away

4%169

Farragut7.1 mi away

3%134

Alcoa17.7 mi away

2%80

Chattanooga75.1 mi away

2%71

Cleveland55 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,607

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

How far

How far Lenoir commutes

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

30%

49%

14%

30%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenoir is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenoir are

5,495 jobs are based in Lenoir. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lenoir’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lenoir

5,495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lenoir residents hold

4,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+14%

Jobs based in Lenoir, 2013 → 2023: 4,818 → 5,495. 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.