Work & commute · Sevierville

Work & commute in Sevierville, TN

About one in 4 of Sevierville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pigeon Forge (21%), Gatlinburg (9%) and Knoxville (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

2,001 of 7,537 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,536 Sevierville residents head out of town to work, 2,001 work right here, and 17,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sevierville.

5,536live here, work elsewhere

2,001live and work here

17,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sevierville goes to work

Sevierville (in town)right here

27%2,001

Pigeon Forge6.4 mi away

21%1,605

Gatlinburg12.4 mi away

9%710

Knoxville21.4 mi away

9%709

Chattanooga109.8 mi away

2%117

Morristown26.8 mi away

1%111

Maryville24.5 mi away

1%103

Alcoa22.3 mi away

1%69

Oak Ridge40.1 mi away

1%58

Johnson City73.9 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,998

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

How far

How far Sevierville commutes

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

56%

18%

12%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sevierville is a job hub

2.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sevierville are

19,154 jobs are based in Sevierville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sevierville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sevierville

19,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sevierville residents hold

7,537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+19%

Jobs based in Sevierville, 2013 → 2023: 16,140 → 19,154. 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.