Work & commute · Lone Oak

Work & commute in Lone Oak, TN

Most working residents leave Lone Oak for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (41%), Dunlap (11%) and Knoxville (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 459 Lone Oak residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Oak.

459live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Oak goes to work

Chattanooga11.5 mi away

41%190

Dunlap11.6 mi away

11%51

Knoxville95.9 mi away

3%14

Signal Mountain4.2 mi away

3%13

Cleveland28.1 mi away

2%7

Pikeville30.3 mi away

1%5

Walden4.2 mi away

1%4

East Ridge16.1 mi away

1%4

South Pittsburg23.7 mi away

1%4

Soddy-Daisy11.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%164

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

How far

How far Lone Oak commutes

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

17%

51%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Oak is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Oak are

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

Jobs based in Lone Oak

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lone Oak residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−28%

Jobs based in Lone Oak, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 29. 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.