Work & commute · Mount Carmel

Work & commute in Mount Carmel, TN

Most working residents leave Mount Carmel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (39%), Johnson City (11%) and Rogersville (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 2,295 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,274 Mount Carmel residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Carmel.

2,274live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Carmel goes to work

Kingsport7.6 mi away

39%900

Johnson City22.1 mi away

11%256

Rogersville21.6 mi away

4%93

Morristown43.1 mi away

3%69

Bristol25 mi away

3%61

Church Hill4 mi away

2%57

Knoxville82.4 mi away

2%56

Greeneville28.7 mi away

1%27

Elizabethton28.5 mi away

1%24

Mount Carmel (in town)right here

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%731

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

How far

How far Mount Carmel commutes

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

49%

25%

10%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Carmel is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Carmel are

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

Jobs based in Mount Carmel

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mount Carmel residents hold

2,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+2%

Jobs based in Mount Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 217. 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.