Work & commute · Signal Mountain

Work & commute in Signal Mountain, TN

Most working residents leave Signal Mountain for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (60%), Knoxville (3%) and Cleveland (1%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

197 of 3,187 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,990 Signal Mountain residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Signal Mountain.

2,990live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Signal Mountain goes to work

Chattanooga7.5 mi away

60%1,905

Signal Mountain (in town)right here

6%197

Knoxville96.9 mi away

3%88

Cleveland26.7 mi away

1%37

Memphis261.5 mi away

1%33

Red Bank3.4 mi away

1%29

Franklin100.2 mi away

1%26

Brentwood99.5 mi away

1%24

Murfreesboro78.1 mi away

1%24

Walden2.2 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%801

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

How far

How far Signal Mountain commutes

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

55%

19%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Signal Mountain is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Signal Mountain are

1,150 jobs are based in Signal Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Signal Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Signal Mountain

1,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Signal Mountain residents hold

3,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+22%

Jobs based in Signal Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 942 → 1,150. 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.