Work & commute · Powell

Work & commute in Powell, TN

Most working residents leave Powell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (43%), Oak Ridge (8%) and Clinton (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 6,122 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 5,938 Powell residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 2,423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powell.

5,938live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

2,423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powell goes to work

Knoxville6.4 mi away

43%2,627

Oak Ridge15.4 mi away

8%467

Clinton7 mi away

3%191

Powell (in town)right here

3%184

Alcoa15.6 mi away

2%130

Chattanooga95.8 mi away

2%95

Farragut13.9 mi away

1%89

Maryville20.1 mi away

1%86

Memphis339.8 mi away

1%66

Halls6.2 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,134

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

How far

How far Powell commutes

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

56%

25%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powell is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powell are

2,607 jobs are based in Powell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Powell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Powell

2,607 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Powell residents hold

6,122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+27%

Jobs based in Powell, 2013 → 2023: 2,058 → 2,607. 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.