Work & commute · Soddy-Daisy

Work & commute in Soddy-Daisy, TN

Most working residents leave Soddy-Daisy for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (58%), Cleveland (2%) and Knoxville (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

282 of 5,223 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,941 Soddy-Daisy residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 2,449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Soddy-Daisy.

4,941live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

2,449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Soddy-Daisy goes to work

Chattanooga14.2 mi away

58%3,019

Soddy-Daisy (in town)right here

5%282

Cleveland17.9 mi away

2%118

Knoxville84.4 mi away

2%110

Dayton18.6 mi away

2%98

Red Bank12.5 mi away

1%60

East Ridge18.5 mi away

1%58

Memphis271 mi away

1%55

Lakesite4.4 mi away

1%43

Collegedale16 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,338

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

How far

How far Soddy-Daisy commutes

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

17%

62%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Soddy-Daisy is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Soddy-Daisy are

2,731 jobs are based in Soddy-Daisy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Soddy-Daisy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Soddy-Daisy

2,731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Soddy-Daisy residents hold

5,223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+8%

Jobs based in Soddy-Daisy, 2013 → 2023: 2,520 → 2,731. 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.