Work & commute · Monteagle

Work & commute in Monteagle, TN

Most working residents leave Monteagle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (14%), Manchester (7%) and Sewanee (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 543 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 517 Monteagle residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 567 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monteagle.

517live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

567work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monteagle goes to work

Chattanooga36.1 mi away

14%78

Manchester20.2 mi away

7%36

Sewanee4.6 mi away

6%34

Monteagle (in town)right here

5%26

Jasper17.4 mi away

4%22

Winchester14.7 mi away

4%22

Altamont15.3 mi away

3%19

South Pittsburg17.2 mi away

3%17

Knoxville118.5 mi away

3%16

Tracy City5.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%263

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

How far

How far Monteagle commutes

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

16%

34%

22%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monteagle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monteagle are

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

Jobs based in Monteagle

593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Monteagle residents hold

543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−19%

Jobs based in Monteagle, 2013 → 2023: 732 → 593. 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.