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Jobs & commute in Briceville

Briceville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Briceville has 2 jobs, and 120 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Briceville itself; outside it, Clinton draws the most (24%, 6 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Briceville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

120live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday57
180live here− 120head out to work+ 2come in to work= 57on a workday

About 57 people are in Briceville on a workday afternoon, 67% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Briceville work

Jacksboro: 3 residents work here (3%)Jamestown: 2 residents work here (2%)Lenoir City: 2 residents work here (2%)Clinton: 29 residents work here (24%)Maryville: 2 residents work here (2%)Farragut: 3 residents work here (3%)Franklin: 2 residents work here (2%)Oak Ridge: 10 residents work here (8%)Knoxville: 15 residents work here (13%)Chattanooga: 3 residents work here (3%)BricevilleClintonKnoxvilleOak RidgeJacksboroFarragutChattanoogaBriceville
1
Clinton6.2 mi away
24%29
2
Knoxville19.4 mi away
13%15
3
Oak Ridge15.8 mi away
8%10
4
Jacksboro10.9 mi away
3%3
5
Farragut20.8 mi away
3%3
6
Chattanooga97.4 mi away
3%3
7
Jamestown45.4 mi away
2%2
8
Lenoir City25.6 mi away
2%2
9
Maryville31.8 mi away
2%2
10
Franklin150.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%49
The top trips

Where Briceville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Briceville is a services town

Jobs based in BricevilleJobs Briceville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices100%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%31%
Over $3,333 a month0%58%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 54100%53%
55 and older0%25%
+0%

Jobs based in Briceville, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 2. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Briceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Briceville takes about 31 minutes

A year of commuting
235 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Briceville31 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Briceville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Briceville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 69 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The commute from Briceville, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClinton: 24% · 6.2 miKnoxville: 13% · 19.4 miOak Ridge: 8% · 15.8 miJacksboro: 3% · 10.9 miFarragut: 3% · 20.8 miChattanooga: 3% · 97.4 miJamestown: 2% · 45.4 miLenoir City: 2% · 25.6 miMaryville: 2% · 31.8 miFranklin: 2% · 150.2 miClinton 24%Knoxville 13%Oak Ridge 8%Jacksboro 3%Farragut 3%Briceville
BricevilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi32 residents
44%10–24 mi53 residents
11%25–50 mi13 residents
18%Over 50 mi22 residents

About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Briceville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Briceville?

25.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Briceville?

31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Briceville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton (24%, 6 mi), Knoxville (13%, 19 mi), Oak Ridge (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Briceville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Briceville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Briceville

Briceville home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.