Work & commute · Rogersville

Work & commute in Rogersville, TN

About one in 4 of Rogersville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Morristown (10%), Kingsport (8%) and Johnson City (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

437 of 1,592 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,155 Rogersville residents head out of town to work, 437 work right here, and 4,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rogersville.

1,155live here, work elsewhere

437live and work here

4,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rogersville goes to work

Rogersville (in town)right here

27%437

Morristown21.7 mi away

10%153

Kingsport26.7 mi away

8%135

Johnson City35 mi away

5%76

Greeneville19.5 mi away

3%50

Knoxville60.8 mi away

3%48

Bristol44.9 mi away

2%33

Bulls Gap10.9 mi away

2%24

Memphis400.6 mi away

1%22

Church Hill17.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%594

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

How far

How far Rogersville commutes

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

34%

26%

23%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rogersville is a job hub

2.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rogersville are

4,521 jobs are based in Rogersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rogersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rogersville

4,521 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rogersville residents hold

1,592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−13%

Jobs based in Rogersville, 2013 → 2023: 5,214 → 4,521. 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.