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Work & commute in Tusculum, TN

Most working residents leave Tusculum for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Greeneville (41%), Johnson City (8%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
10 of 983 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 973 Tusculum residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tusculum.

973live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
305work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tusculum goes to work

ErwinTusculumJonesboroughMosheimElizabethtonGreenevilleMaryvilleJohnson CityMorristownBristolMemphisKnoxvilleKingsportChattanoogaGreenevilleJohnson CityMorristownKnoxvilleKingsportElizabethtonBristolMemphisChattanoogaJonesboroughTusculum
1
Greeneville4.2 mi away
41%402
2
Johnson City23.4 mi away
8%79
3
Morristown31 mi away
4%40
4
Knoxville68.7 mi away
4%38
5
Kingsport26.3 mi away
4%35
6
Elizabethton30.5 mi away
1%12
7
Bristol39.6 mi away
1%12
8
Memphis412.1 mi away
1%12
9
Chattanooga160.1 mi away
1%12
10
Jonesborough17.2 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%330

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

How far

How far Tusculum commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tusculum is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tusculum are

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

Jobs based in Tusculum

315 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities46%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month49%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Tusculum residents hold

983 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−42%

Jobs based in Tusculum, 2013 → 2023: 543 → 315. 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.

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