Work & commute · Rutledge

Work & commute in Rutledge, TN

Most working residents leave Rutledge for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (16%), Morristown (16%) and Jefferson City (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

54 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 473 Rutledge residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutledge.

473live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutledge goes to work

Knoxville31.3 mi away

16%85

Morristown13.8 mi away

16%82

Rutledge (in town)right here

10%54

Jefferson City11 mi away

6%34

Sevierville26.7 mi away

2%13

Bean Station14.5 mi away

2%12

Chattanooga127.5 mi away

2%10

Dandridge17.8 mi away

2%9

Johnson City64.3 mi away

2%9

Memphis369.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%212

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

How far

How far Rutledge commutes

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

20%

35%

29%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutledge is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutledge are

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

Jobs based in Rutledge

900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Rutledge residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−9%

Jobs based in Rutledge, 2013 → 2023: 992 → 900. 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.