Work & commute · Strawberry Plains

Work & commute in Strawberry Plains, TN

Most working residents leave Strawberry Plains for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Knoxville (28%), Sevierville (9%) and Morristown (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 980 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 964 Strawberry Plains residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strawberry Plains.

964live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strawberry Plains goes to work

Knoxville18.2 mi away

28%271

Sevierville12.6 mi away

9%85

Morristown21.6 mi away

6%54

Jefferson City10 mi away

4%39

Pigeon Forge19 mi away

3%32

Dandridge12.3 mi away

3%27

Strawberry Plains (in town)right here

2%16

Alcoa24.9 mi away

2%15

Maryville28.8 mi away

1%13

Gatlinburg24.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%417

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

How far

How far Strawberry Plains commutes

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

12%

60%

13%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strawberry Plains 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 Strawberry Plains are

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

Jobs based in Strawberry Plains

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Strawberry Plains residents hold

980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Strawberry Plains, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 506. 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.