Work & commute · Riceville

Work & commute in Riceville, TN

Most working residents leave Riceville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (20%), Cleveland (17%) and Chattanooga (14%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 301 Riceville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riceville.

301live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riceville goes to work

Athens7.1 mi away

20%61

Cleveland17.4 mi away

17%51

Chattanooga38.2 mi away

14%41

Knoxville58.2 mi away

3%8

Sweetwater19.4 mi away

2%7

Decatur11 mi away

2%5

Calhoun6.5 mi away

1%4

Vonore29.8 mi away

1%4

Etowah10.2 mi away

1%3

Madisonville21 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%114

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

How far

How far Riceville commutes

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

28%

29%

20%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riceville is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riceville are

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

Jobs based in Riceville

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Riceville residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+26%

Jobs based in Riceville, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 39. 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.