Work & commute · McDonald

Work & commute in McDonald, TN

Most working residents leave McDonald for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (34%), Chattanooga (25%) and Apison (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 268 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 268 McDonald residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McDonald.

268live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McDonald goes to work

Cleveland8.1 mi away

34%92

Chattanooga15.2 mi away

25%66

Apison7.3 mi away

3%8

Collegedale5.2 mi away

3%7

Dalton, GA23.6 mi away

2%5

Fort Oglethorpe, GA19.2 mi away

1%4

Maryville71.8 mi away

1%3

Athens32.2 mi away

1%3

Knoxville83.3 mi away

1%3

Calhoun, GA42.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%75

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

How far

How far McDonald commutes

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

50%

28%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McDonald is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McDonald are

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

Jobs based in McDonald

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs McDonald residents hold

268 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+48%

Jobs based in McDonald, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 43. 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.