Work & commute · White Pine

Work & commute in White Pine, TN

Most working residents leave White Pine for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Morristown (24%), Knoxville (11%) and Dandridge (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,022 White Pine residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Pine.

1,022live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

2,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Pine goes to work

Morristown7.2 mi away

24%254

Knoxville38.2 mi away

11%121

White Pine (in town)right here

5%54

Dandridge9.4 mi away

5%53

Sevierville22 mi away

5%53

Newport10.8 mi away

4%41

Jefferson City10.9 mi away

4%40

Pigeon Forge26.1 mi away

3%34

Gatlinburg28.5 mi away

2%18

Chattanooga131.4 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%395

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

How far

How far White Pine commutes

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

36%

22%

27%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Pine is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Pine are

2,150 jobs are based in White Pine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Pine

2,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs White Pine residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in White Pine, 2013 → 2023: 1,755 → 2,150. 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.