Work & commute · Unicoi

Work & commute in Unicoi, TN

Most working residents leave Unicoi for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (30%), Erwin (12%) and Kingsport (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

76 of 1,441 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,365 Unicoi residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Unicoi.

1,365live here, work elsewhere

76live and work here

584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Unicoi goes to work

Johnson City8.8 mi away

30%426

Erwin7 mi away

12%173

Kingsport23.8 mi away

8%109

Unicoi (in town)right here

5%76

Elizabethton9.6 mi away

4%52

Oak Grove15.2 mi away

2%34

Bristol24.1 mi away

2%30

Greeneville27.6 mi away

2%28

Knoxville92.1 mi away

2%28

Jonesborough9.7 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%458

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

How far

How far Unicoi commutes

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

44%

26%

11%

19%

44%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Unicoi is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Unicoi are

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

Jobs based in Unicoi

660 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Unicoi residents hold

1,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Unicoi, 2013 → 2023: 684 → 660. 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.