Work & commute · Seymour

Work & commute in Seymour, TN

Most working residents leave Seymour for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (28%), Sevierville (12%) and Pigeon Forge (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

234 of 6,589 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,355 Seymour residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 1,647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Seymour.

6,355live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

1,647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Seymour goes to work

Knoxville12.1 mi away

28%1,859

Sevierville10.2 mi away

12%780

Pigeon Forge12.5 mi away

7%463

Maryville15.4 mi away

7%429

Alcoa12.4 mi away

4%240

Seymour (in town)right here

4%234

Gatlinburg18.5 mi away

3%173

Morristown34.1 mi away

1%96

Chattanooga100.9 mi away

1%96

Oak Ridge30.2 mi away

1%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,135

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

How far

How far Seymour commutes

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

16%

64%

14%

16%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Seymour is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Seymour are

1,881 jobs are based in Seymour. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Seymour’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Seymour

1,881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Seymour residents hold

6,589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+40%

Jobs based in Seymour, 2013 → 2023: 1,348 → 1,881. 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.