Work & commute · Madisonville

Work & commute in Madisonville, TN

Most working residents leave Madisonville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Vonore (17%), Knoxville (8%) and Athens (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

319 of 2,137 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,818 Madisonville residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 3,177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madisonville.

1,818live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

3,177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madisonville goes to work

Vonore8.8 mi away

17%370

Madisonville (in town)right here

15%319

Knoxville38.6 mi away

8%175

Athens14.3 mi away

6%126

Loudon14.8 mi away

5%99

Sweetwater8.3 mi away

5%98

Maryville26.5 mi away

4%77

Alcoa30 mi away

2%44

Oak Ridge30.9 mi away

2%43

Chattanooga59.1 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%745

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

How far

How far Madisonville commutes

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

41%

19%

25%

15%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madisonville is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Madisonville are

3,496 jobs are based in Madisonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madisonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madisonville

3,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Madisonville residents hold

2,137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Madisonville, 2013 → 2023: 2,880 → 3,496. 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.