Work & commute · Ooltewah

Work & commute in Ooltewah, TN

Most working residents leave Ooltewah for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (58%), Cleveland (4%) and Apison (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 263 Ooltewah residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ooltewah.

263live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ooltewah goes to work

Chattanooga11 mi away

58%153

Cleveland12.7 mi away

4%11

Apison5.3 mi away

4%10

Collegedale1.4 mi away

2%6

Knoxville87.8 mi away

2%6

Franklin116.7 mi away

2%5

East Ridge11.1 mi away

2%4

Dalton, GA21.5 mi away

1%2

Rome, GA56.2 mi away

1%2

Kimball35.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%63

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

How far

How far Ooltewah commutes

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

41%

35%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ooltewah is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ooltewah are

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

Jobs based in Ooltewah

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Ooltewah residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+1%

Jobs based in Ooltewah, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 71. 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.