Work & commute · Niota

Work & commute in Niota, TN

Most working residents leave Niota for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (29%), Chattanooga (7%) and Sweetwater (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 276 Niota residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niota.

276live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niota goes to work

Athens5.2 mi away

29%81

Chattanooga50.2 mi away

7%19

Sweetwater7.3 mi away

6%16

Cleveland29.5 mi away

6%16

Knoxville46 mi away

5%13

Vonore18.5 mi away

3%8

Decatur13.7 mi away

2%5

Niota (in town)right here

1%4

Madisonville10.5 mi away

1%4

Loudon18.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%110

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

How far

How far Niota commutes

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

46%

14%

22%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niota is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niota are

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

Jobs based in Niota

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Niota residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−11%

Jobs based in Niota, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 280. 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.