Work & commute · Powells Crossroads

Work & commute in Powells Crossroads, TN

Most working residents leave Powells Crossroads for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (45%), Jasper (7%) and Dunlap (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 548 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 546 Powells Crossroads residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powells Crossroads.

546live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powells Crossroads goes to work

Chattanooga15.7 mi away

45%249

Jasper11.5 mi away

7%38

Dunlap13.7 mi away

3%17

Kimball14.3 mi away

3%14

Knoxville101.9 mi away

3%14

Whitwell2.1 mi away

2%11

Cleveland34.6 mi away

1%8

Murfreesboro70.1 mi away

1%7

South Pittsburg17.8 mi away

1%6

Athens53.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%178

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

How far

How far Powells Crossroads commutes

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

63%

22%

7%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powells Crossroads is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Powells Crossroads are

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

Jobs based in Powells Crossroads

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less53%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Powells Crossroads residents hold

548 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−19%

Jobs based in Powells Crossroads, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 17. 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.