Work & commute · Ridgeside

Work & commute in Ridgeside, TN

Most working residents leave Ridgeside for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (64%), East Ridge (4%) and Knoxville (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 288 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 288 Ridgeside residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeside.

288live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeside goes to work

Chattanooga2.1 mi away

64%183

East Ridge2.8 mi away

4%11

Knoxville97.5 mi away

2%7

Cleveland23.5 mi away

2%5

Red Bank6 mi away

1%3

Middle Valley11.1 mi away

1%3

Huntsville, AL84.3 mi away

1%2

Ringgold, GA11 mi away

1%2

Dalton, GA24.1 mi away

1%2

Signal Mountain9.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%68

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

How far

How far Ridgeside commutes

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

71%

22%

71%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeside is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeside are

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

Jobs based in Ridgeside

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ridgeside residents hold

288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+78%

Jobs based in Ridgeside, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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.