Work & commute · Louisville

Work & commute in Louisville, TN

Most working residents leave Louisville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (28%), Maryville (17%) and Alcoa (12%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 2,074 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,058 Louisville residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisville.

2,058live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisville goes to work

Knoxville11.7 mi away

28%580

Maryville6.6 mi away

17%346

Alcoa4.8 mi away

12%240

Oak Ridge16.6 mi away

4%78

Chattanooga85.2 mi away

2%38

Farragut8 mi away

1%27

Loudon18.3 mi away

1%26

Lenoir City12.9 mi away

1%23

Memphis336.5 mi away

1%17

Louisville (in town)right here

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%683

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

How far

How far Louisville commutes

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

55%

28%

13%

55%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisville is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisville are

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

Jobs based in Louisville

584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Louisville residents hold

2,074 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+26%

Jobs based in Louisville, 2013 → 2023: 465 → 584. 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.