Work & commute · New Tazewell

Work & commute in New Tazewell, TN

Most working residents leave New Tazewell for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Tazewell (18%), Knoxville (9%) and Morristown (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

112 of 1,079 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 967 New Tazewell residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 1,738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Tazewell.

967live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

1,738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Tazewell goes to work

Tazewell2.7 mi away

18%195

New Tazewell (in town)right here

10%112

Knoxville37.6 mi away

9%92

Morristown23.4 mi away

5%53

Harrogate9.7 mi away

4%45

Middlesborough, KY13.8 mi away

2%26

Greeneville47.6 mi away

2%20

Maynardville17.3 mi away

2%19

Chattanooga132.2 mi away

1%15

Sevierville37.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%490

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

How far

How far New Tazewell commutes

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

39%

15%

26%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Tazewell is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Tazewell are

1,850 jobs are based in New Tazewell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Tazewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Tazewell

1,850 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs New Tazewell residents hold

1,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−34%

Jobs based in New Tazewell, 2013 → 2023: 2,811 → 1,850. 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.