Work & commute · Middle Valley

Work & commute in Middle Valley, TN

Most working residents leave Middle Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (63%), Cleveland (3%) and Knoxville (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 4,935 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,881 Middle Valley residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 456 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middle Valley.

4,881live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

456work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middle Valley goes to work

Chattanooga9.1 mi away

63%3,121

Cleveland18.4 mi away

3%139

Knoxville88.4 mi away

2%117

Soddy-Daisy5.1 mi away

2%105

East Ridge13.5 mi away

1%63

Middle Valley (in town)right here

1%54

Dayton23.6 mi away

1%45

Memphis269.6 mi away

1%45

Lakesite3.3 mi away

1%44

Collegedale12.7 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,162

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

How far

How far Middle Valley commutes

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

35%

44%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middle Valley is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middle Valley are

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

Jobs based in Middle Valley

510 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Middle Valley residents hold

4,935 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+90%

Jobs based in Middle Valley, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 510. 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.