Center & Abernathy Store Building · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Copperhill
Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Tennessee and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, against 13% across Tennessee. Only 4% work in Copperhill; the top destination outside it is Ducktown (11%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Copperhill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).
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 people from Copperhill work
Where Copperhill clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
What work there is in Copperhill: 183 jobs
183 jobs are based in Copperhill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Copperhill, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 183. 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 Copperhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Copperhill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Copperhill workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 1% 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.
The commute from Copperhill, by distance
About 38% 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.
Copperhill and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Copperhill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperhill | – | — | — | 21 min | $45,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to McCaysville. Darker towns draw more of Copperhill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Copperhill: questions
What is the median household income in Copperhill?
$45,417 (±$28,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Copperhill?
20.9%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Copperhill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Copperhill work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ducktown (11%, 3 mi), Blue Ridge (10%, 10 mi), Chattanooga (6%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Copperhill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Copperhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Copperhill
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.