Work & commute · Tazewell

Work & commute in Tazewell, TN

Most working residents leave Tazewell for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are New Tazewell (11%), Knoxville (9%) and Harrogate (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

166 of 951 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 785 Tazewell residents head out of town to work, 166 work right here, and 2,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tazewell.

785live here, work elsewhere

166live and work here

2,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tazewell goes to work

Tazewell (in town)right here

17%166

New Tazewell2.7 mi away

11%102

Knoxville40.1 mi away

9%88

Harrogate8.9 mi away

5%48

Morristown23.2 mi away

4%37

Middlesborough, KY13.5 mi away

3%25

Maynardville20 mi away

2%17

Greeneville46.3 mi away

2%17

Chattanooga134.9 mi away

2%15

Oak Ridge52.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%425

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

How far

How far Tazewell commutes

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

41%

13%

24%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tazewell is a job hub

3.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tazewell are

2,939 jobs are based in Tazewell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tazewell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tazewell

2,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Tazewell residents hold

951 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+50%

Jobs based in Tazewell, 2013 → 2023: 1,954 → 2,939. 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.