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Work & commute · Rocky Top

Work & commute in Rocky Top, TN

Most working residents leave Rocky Top for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (20%), Clinton (16%) and Oak Ridge (13%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
37 of 655 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 618 Rocky Top residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Top.

618live here, work elsewhere
37live and work here
687work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Rocky Top goes to work

Rocky TopJacksboroLa FolletteCaryvilleOneidaClintonFarragutAlcoaOak RidgeKnoxvilleChattanoogaFincastleHallsPowellKnoxvilleClintonOak RidgeLa FolletteAlcoaChattanoogaPowellOneidaFarragutRocky Top
1
Knoxville21 mi away
20%131
2
Clinton8.8 mi away
16%106
3
Oak Ridge19.4 mi away
13%84
4
Rocky Top (in town)right here
6%37
5
La Follette10.3 mi away
2%12
6
Alcoa30.1 mi away
2%10
7
Chattanooga100.9 mi away
2%10
8
Powell14.8 mi away
2%10
9
Oneida28.1 mi away
1%6
10
Farragut24.1 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%243

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

How far

How far Rocky Top commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Top is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Top are

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

Jobs based in Rocky Top

724 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rocky Top residents hold

655 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−2%

Jobs based in Rocky Top, 2013 → 2023: 742 → 724. 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.

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