Work & commute · South Pittsburg

Work & commute in South Pittsburg, TN

Most working residents leave South Pittsburg for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (27%), Jasper (11%) and Kimball (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

123 of 1,184 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,061 South Pittsburg residents head out of town to work, 123 work right here, and 1,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Pittsburg.

1,061live here, work elsewhere

123live and work here

1,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Pittsburg goes to work

Chattanooga26.8 mi away

27%317

Jasper6.4 mi away

11%133

South Pittsburg (in town)right here

10%123

Kimball3.5 mi away

10%114

Bridgeport, AL4.3 mi away

3%30

Cleveland49.3 mi away

2%21

Knoxville119.6 mi away

2%21

Oak Ridge104 mi away

1%12

New Hope2.9 mi away

1%11

Athens70 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%392

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

How far

How far South Pittsburg commutes

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

37%

20%

18%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Pittsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Pittsburg are

1,648 jobs are based in South Pittsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Pittsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Pittsburg

1,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs South Pittsburg residents hold

1,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−1%

Jobs based in South Pittsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,665 → 1,648. 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.