Work & commute · Sunbright

Work & commute in Sunbright, TN

Most working residents leave Sunbright for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Ridge (12%), Knoxville (8%) and Wartburg (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 188 Sunbright residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunbright.

188live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunbright goes to work

Oak Ridge28.9 mi away

12%23

Knoxville44.9 mi away

8%16

Wartburg10.9 mi away

6%12

Harriman22.6 mi away

6%11

Crossville28.1 mi away

4%7

Jamestown19.3 mi away

3%6

Sunbright (in town)right here

3%5

Maryville52 mi away

3%5

Kingston27.4 mi away

2%3

Huntsville15.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%102

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

How far

How far Sunbright commutes

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

33%

40%

21%

5%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunbright is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunbright are

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

Jobs based in Sunbright

280 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Sunbright residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+7%

Jobs based in Sunbright, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 280. 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.