Conasauga has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5 jobs are based in Conasauga for 33 working residents. Only 3% stay in Conasauga for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (42%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Tennessee has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Conasauga on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Conasauga on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Conasauga ends
Where Conasauga clocks in
42% of workers
15% of workers
6% of workersLines 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conasauga, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 5. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Conasauga’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Conasauga
of Conasauga workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Conasauga
About 22% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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.
Jobs and commuting in Conasauga: questions
What is the poverty rate in Conasauga?
28.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Conasauga work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (42%, 15 mi), Chattanooga (15%, 30 mi), Benton (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Conasauga 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 Conasauga, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conasauga
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.