Work & commute · Sullivan Gardens

Work & commute in Sullivan Gardens, TN

Most working residents leave Sullivan Gardens for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Kingsport (41%), Johnson City (11%) and Bristol (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 493 Sullivan Gardens residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan Gardens.

493live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan Gardens goes to work

Kingsport3.4 mi away

41%204

Johnson City15.4 mi away

11%57

Bristol21.3 mi away

3%17

Elizabethton22.2 mi away

3%15

Knoxville83.7 mi away

3%13

Blountville14.9 mi away

3%13

Church Hill7.2 mi away

1%7

Oak Grove9.7 mi away

1%6

Chattanooga178.4 mi away

1%5

Spurgeon7.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%155

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

How far

How far Sullivan Gardens commutes

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

53%

28%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan Gardens is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan Gardens are

91 jobs are based in Sullivan Gardens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sullivan Gardens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sullivan Gardens

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sullivan Gardens residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+194%

Jobs based in Sullivan Gardens, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 91. 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.