Knoxville

City Commute Profile

Knoxville, TN

Where Knoxville’s 84,516 resident workers go each day — 52.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Oak Ridge.

TennesseeLODES 2023 data
73
Commute Score

73 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Knoxville at a glance
Employed Residents
84,516
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
19.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
52.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Oak Ridge
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Knoxville proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Knoxville commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Knoxville

84,516 commutes, one dot at a time

Knoxville

Where 84,516 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Knoxville, by worker count.

1Knoxville0.0 mi43,910
2Oak Ridge19.1 mi3,710
3Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)158.4 mi2,609
4Alcoa11.9 mi1,991
5Maryville15.5 mi1,890
6Farragut14.9 mi1,339
7Chattanooga97.9 mi1,307
8Clinton13.8 mi1,168

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Knoxville.

1Knoxville0.0 mi43,910
2Farragut14.9 mi3,675
3Oak Ridge19.1 mi3,326
4Maryville15.5 mi3,103
5Powell6.5 mi2,772
6Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance)158.4 mi2,737
7Halls7.7 mi2,248
8Seymour12.1 mi1,945

Top industries

The sectors that employ Knoxville’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.6%
RTRetail Trade13.1%
EDEducational Services12.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.0%
WSWholesale Trade5.0%
FIFinance and Insurance4.5%
COConstruction4.3%

Knoxville city profile

Who lives in Knoxville — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
195,185
Median age
33.5yrs
Median household income
$54,039
Median home value
$239,700
Median gross rent
$1,191/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
34.6%
Poverty rate
20.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Knoxville

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

10 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps96%
5 Gbps91%
8 Gbps72%
See all internet providers in Knoxville

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).