Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, TN

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (8%), Morristown (8%) and Sevierville (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

460 of 2,590 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,130 Newport residents head out of town to work, 460 work right here, and 4,208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

2,130live here, work elsewhere

460live and work here

4,208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Newport (in town)right here

18%460

Knoxville42 mi away

8%216

Morristown17.7 mi away

8%205

Sevierville22 mi away

7%193

Pigeon Forge23.4 mi away

7%169

Gatlinburg23.3 mi away

6%157

Greeneville25.5 mi away

2%41

Jefferson City19.2 mi away

1%37

Dandridge13.8 mi away

1%33

Chattanooga130.9 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,048

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

28%

35%

18%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

4,668 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

4,668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Newport residents hold

2,590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−12%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 5,309 → 4,668. 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.