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Jobs & commute in Eagleton Village

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Eagleton Village works elsewhere

Eagleton Village has 398 jobs; 2,430 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Eagleton Village are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any stay in Eagleton Village for work; outside it, Maryville is the main destination (23%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Getting to work from Eagleton Village, in brief

A lot of Eagleton Village works one town over

34% of working residents work in a town that borders Eagleton Village: Maryville (23%) and Alcoa (11%). Next door ↓

Eagleton Village is a place people come home to

There are 398 jobs based in Eagleton Village, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eagleton Village has about 3,600 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

The better-paid jobs are outside Eagleton Village

59% of Eagleton Village residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Eagleton Village pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.

Jobs & income grade

Jobs & income in Eagleton Village: the grade in detail

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eagleton Village is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #71 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car holds Eagleton Village’s grade up (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).

Household income $71,875 (±$21,210) · TN $69,595 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 45% of U.S. towns
Poverty 11.8% · TN 13.8% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 40% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 5.5% (±4.4) · TN 4.7% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 32% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 81% of U.S. towns
Tennessee towns we grade 177 towns#71 of 177
C−A

A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagleton Village could be anywhere from C− to A.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

Day and night

How many people are in Eagleton Village by day

On a workday 2,408 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere.

2,408live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
376work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night5,600
Workday3,600
5,600live here− 2,400head out to work+ 380come in to work= 3,600on a workday

About 3,600 people are in Eagleton Village on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Eagleton Village

Jobs based in Eagleton VillageJobs Eagleton Village residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms29%20%
Trade, transport & utilities25%21%
Services: health, schools, offices46%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less20%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%26%
Over $3,333 a month41%59%

Who does it

29 or younger30%24%
30 to 5448%52%
55 and older22%24%
+18%

Jobs based in Eagleton Village, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 398. 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 Eagleton Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.

The commute map

The places Eagleton Village commutes to

Rockford: 24 residents work here (1%)MadisonvilleLenoir CityPigeon Forge: 25 residents work here (1%)Maryville: 563 residents work here (23%)Alcoa: 257 residents work here (11%)LouisvilleSevierville: 41 residents work here (2%)Memphis: 24 residents work here (1%)Oak Ridge: 59 residents work here (2%)Knoxville: 559 residents work here (23%)MurfreesboroChattanooga: 31 residents work here (1%)Nashville: 45 residents work here (2%)Eagleton VillageSeymourMaryvilleKnoxvilleAlcoaOak RidgeNashvilleSeviervilleEagleton Village
1
Maryville3.7 mi away
23%563
2
Knoxville12.6 mi away
23%559
3
Alcoa2.6 mi away
11%257
4
Oak Ridge23.4 mi away
2%59
5
Nashville161.4 mi away
2%45
6
Sevierville21.2 mi away
2%41
7
Chattanooga89.1 mi away
1%31
8
Pigeon Forge20.9 mi away
1%25
9
Rockford3.2 mi away
1%24
10
Memphis342.7 mi away
1%24
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%802
The top trips

Where Eagleton Village 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.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Eagleton Village: about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
185 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Eagleton Village24 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

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

About 1 in 10
How Eagleton Village gets to work
96%Drive alone
3%Carpool
<1%Walk
1%Bike

Share of the 2,311 commuters (the 11% 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 Eagleton Village, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMaryville: 23% · 3.7 miKnoxville: 23% · 12.6 miAlcoa: 11% · 2.6 miOak Ridge: 2% · 23.4 miNashville: 2% · 161.4 miSevierville: 2% · 21.2 miChattanooga: 1% · 89.1 miPigeon Forge: 1% · 20.9 miRockford: 1% · 3.2 miMemphis: 1% · 342.7 miMaryville 23%Knoxville 23%Alcoa 11%Oak Ridge 2%Eagleton Village
Eagleton VillageTop destinations (size = commuters)
44%Under 10 mi1,062 residents
39%10–24 mi938 residents
4%25–50 mi99 residents
13%Over 50 mi322 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Most of Eagleton Village commutes by car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagleton Village is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #107 of 177 in Tennessee. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.

EPA walkability index 6.7 of 20 · typical TN town 6.5 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 46% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.7% of commuters · TN 2.0% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 23% of U.S. towns
Tennessee towns we grade 177 towns#107 of 177
CC

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,596 workers.

How TownRatings grades walkability →

Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.

Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Eagleton Village households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagleton Village’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

1,973rd of 3,561: where Eagleton Village ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Huntington Woods MI6,274$190K2.2%0.9%2%A+
2Glendale MO6,060$171K2.0%0.3%2%A+
3Ho-Ho-Kus NJ4,313$250K0.0%1.7%6%A+
…
9Oak Hill TN4,581$216K1.2%1.7%1%A+
…
58Forest Hills TN4,473$250K6.7%0.3%2%A+
…
367Tellico Village TN7,414$107K3.3%1.9%9%A
…
1,971Bourbon Township IL4,173$77K13.2%2.1%37%B−
1,972Bemidji Township MN4,031$83K11.3%3.2%2%B−
1,973Eagleton Village TN5,598$72K11.8%5.5%1%B−
1,974Root Township IN6,163$63K12.1%2.9%14%B−
1,975Bullskin Township PA6,453$70K8.7%4.4%6%B−
…
3,561Lake Isabella CA4,059$27K40.7%8.6%18%D−

Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.

Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Eagleton Village, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.

Next door

Eagleton Village and its neighbors: 34% work next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Maryville23 min
Alcoa24 min
Eagleton Village24 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownEagleton Village workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Eagleton Village–B−C24 min$71,875
Alcoa11%BC24 min$65,714
Maryville23%A−B+23 min$81,963

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Maryville. Darker towns draw more of Eagleton Village’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Eagleton Village: questions

What is the median household income in Eagleton Village?

$71,875 (±$21,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Eagleton Village?

11.8%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Eagleton Village?

24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Eagleton Village work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maryville (23%, 4 mi), Knoxville (23%, 13 mi), Alcoa (11%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Eagleton Village walkable?

Eagleton Village is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Eagleton Village without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Eagleton Village, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Eagleton Village

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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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.