Work & commute · Walnut Hill

Work & commute in Walnut Hill, TN

Most working residents leave Walnut Hill for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bristol (24%), Johnson City (13%) and Bristol (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 950 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 940 Walnut Hill residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walnut Hill.

940live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walnut Hill goes to work

Bristol2.8 mi away

24%230

Johnson City16.8 mi away

13%125

Bristol, VA6.9 mi away

10%98

Kingsport15.8 mi away

8%75

Blountville4.3 mi away

3%29

Knoxville102.5 mi away

2%22

Abingdon, VA18.9 mi away

2%19

Elizabethton15.8 mi away

2%18

Greeneville41.4 mi away

2%15

Bluff City7.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%308

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

How far

How far Walnut Hill commutes

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

47%

34%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walnut Hill is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walnut Hill are

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

Jobs based in Walnut Hill

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Walnut Hill residents hold

950 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+26%

Jobs based in Walnut Hill, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 236. 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.