Work & commute · Sewanee

Work & commute in Sewanee, TN

About one in 3 of Sewanee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Winchester (6%), Monteagle (3%) and Smyrna (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

235 of 755 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 520 Sewanee residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sewanee.

520live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sewanee goes to work

Sewanee (in town)right here

31%235

Winchester10.5 mi away

6%47

Monteagle4.6 mi away

3%21

Smyrna63.3 mi away

3%21

Franklin72 mi away

2%18

Murfreesboro53.3 mi away

2%16

Chattanooga39.1 mi away

2%16

Memphis228.7 mi away

2%15

Manchester20.3 mi away

2%12

Huntsville, AL55 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%344

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

How far

How far Sewanee commutes

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

44%

11%

40%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sewanee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sewanee are

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

Jobs based in Sewanee

921 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sewanee residents hold

755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−11%

Jobs based in Sewanee, 2013 → 2023: 1,034 → 921. 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.