Work & commute · Midtown

Work & commute in Midtown, TN

Most working residents leave Midtown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Ridge (20%), Knoxville (15%) and Harriman (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 526 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 521 Midtown residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midtown.

521live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midtown goes to work

Oak Ridge17 mi away

20%103

Knoxville35.5 mi away

15%79

Harriman3.5 mi away

7%36

Kingston4 mi away

6%29

Rockwood5.7 mi away

3%18

Loudon15.5 mi away

3%16

Chattanooga67.8 mi away

2%9

Lenoir City16.9 mi away

2%8

Alcoa34.3 mi away

2%8

Farragut22.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%213

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

How far

How far Midtown commutes

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

27%

36%

25%

12%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midtown is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Midtown are

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

Jobs based in Midtown

179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Midtown residents hold

526 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−23%

Jobs based in Midtown, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 179. 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.