Work & commute · Oneida

Work & commute in Oneida, TN

Most working residents leave Oneida for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (19%), Knoxville (8%) and Helenwood (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

290 of 1,562 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,272 Oneida residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 1,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oneida.

1,272live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

1,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oneida goes to work

Oneida (in town)right here

19%290

Huntsville6.7 mi away

19%289

Knoxville48.9 mi away

8%118

Helenwood6 mi away

4%55

Oak Ridge39.8 mi away

3%47

Clinton35.7 mi away

2%35

Chattanooga108.3 mi away

1%23

Crossville48.5 mi away

1%21

Sunbright21 mi away

1%17

Morristown70.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%650

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

How far

How far Oneida commutes

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

48%

22%

24%

48%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oneida is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oneida are

1,959 jobs are based in Oneida. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oneida’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oneida

1,959 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oneida residents hold

1,562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−4%

Jobs based in Oneida, 2013 → 2023: 2,032 → 1,959. 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.