Work & commute · Valley Forge

Work & commute in Valley Forge, TN

Most working residents leave Valley Forge for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Johnson City (28%), Elizabethton (24%) and Kingsport (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 804 Valley Forge residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Forge.

804live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Forge goes to work

Johnson City10.7 mi away

28%223

Elizabethton3.4 mi away

24%190

Kingsport24.4 mi away

6%47

Morristown62 mi away

3%23

Greeneville36.1 mi away

3%21

Bristol17.6 mi away

2%19

Knoxville100.6 mi away

2%19

Jonesborough15.7 mi away

1%12

Erwin16.3 mi away

1%11

Chattanooga191.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%233

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

How far

How far Valley Forge commutes

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

44%

32%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Forge is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Forge are

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

Jobs based in Valley Forge

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Valley Forge residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−46%

Jobs based in Valley Forge, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 107. 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.