Work & commute · Whitwell

Work & commute in Whitwell, TN

Most working residents leave Whitwell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Chattanooga (35%), Jasper (11%) and South Pittsburg (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 592 Whitwell residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitwell.

592live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitwell goes to work

Chattanooga17.7 mi away

35%218

Jasper10.6 mi away

11%69

South Pittsburg16.7 mi away

5%30

Whitwell (in town)right here

4%25

Dunlap14.2 mi away

4%22

Kimball13.2 mi away

3%21

Knoxville103.4 mi away

2%12

Cleveland36.7 mi away

1%8

Trenton, GA22 mi away

1%6

East Ridge21.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%200

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

How far

How far Whitwell commutes

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

65%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitwell 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 Whitwell are

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

Jobs based in Whitwell

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Whitwell residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−10%

Jobs based in Whitwell, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 281. 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.