Work & commute · Rockford

Work & commute in Rockford, TN

Most working residents leave Rockford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (28%), Maryville (13%) and Alcoa (13%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 369 Rockford residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 720 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockford.

369live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

720work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockford goes to work

Knoxville9.4 mi away

28%107

Maryville6.5 mi away

13%51

Alcoa2.2 mi away

13%48

Rockford (in town)right here

3%11

Oak Ridge21.8 mi away

2%9

Sevierville20.3 mi away

2%7

Farragut14 mi away

2%6

Chattanooga91 mi away

2%6

Pigeon Forge21 mi away

1%5

Loudon24.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%125

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

How far

How far Rockford commutes

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

55%

29%

13%

55%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockford is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockford are

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

Jobs based in Rockford

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Rockford residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+56%

Jobs based in Rockford, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 731. 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.