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–Not gradedD−Walkability
Jobs & commute in Embreeville

Embreeville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. 1 jobs are based in Embreeville for 154 working residents. Embreeville grades D− for walkability.

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

1 jobs based here
Poverty
2.7%
Tennessee 13.8%
Unemployment
0.0%
Tennessee 4.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 154 working residents
Work from home
26%
Tennessee 13% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Embreeville

On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

154live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,100
Workday910
1,100live here− 150head out to work+ 1come in to work= 910on a workday

About 910 people are in Embreeville on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs 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 commute map

36% of working residents work in Johnson City

Erwin: 7 residents work here (5%)Jonesborough: 10 residents work here (6%)Elizabethton: 8 residents work here (5%)Greeneville: 6 residents work here (4%)Johnson City: 55 residents work here (36%)Bristol: 3 residents work here (2%)Knoxville: 5 residents work here (3%)Kingsport: 12 residents work here (8%)Chattanooga: 3 residents work here (2%)EmbreevilleOak Grove: 4 residents work here (3%)Johnson CityKingsportJonesboroughElizabethtonErwinGreenevilleEmbreeville
1
Johnson City12.1 mi away
36%55
2
Kingsport24.3 mi away
8%12
3
Jonesborough8.4 mi away
6%10
4
Elizabethton16.3 mi away
5%8
5
Erwin2.9 mi away
5%7
6
Greeneville20.7 mi away
4%6
7
Knoxville85 mi away
3%5
8
Oak Grove17.2 mi away
3%4
9
Bristol29.4 mi away
2%3
10
Chattanooga174.9 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%41
The top trips

Where Embreeville clocks in

36% of workers
12.1 mi awayJohnson City55 Embreeville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
24.3 mi awayKingsport12 Embreeville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
8.4 mi awayJonesborough10 Embreeville residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Embreeville

Jobs based in EmbreevilleJobs Embreeville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%38%
Over $3,333 a month100%48%

Who does it

29 or younger0%21%
30 to 54100%51%
55 and older0%27%

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 Embreeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Embreeville

Working from home
26%

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

About 3 in 10
How Embreeville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 265 commuters (the 26% 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

How far Embreeville’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJohnson City: 36% · 12.1 miKingsport: 8% · 24.3 miJonesborough: 6% · 8.4 miElizabethton: 5% · 16.3 miErwin: 5% · 2.9 miGreeneville: 4% · 20.7 miKnoxville: 3% · 85 miOak Grove: 3% · 17.2 miBristol: 2% · 29.4 miChattanooga: 2% · 174.9 miJohnson City 36%Kingsport 8%Jonesborough 6%Elizabethton 5%Erwin 5%Embreeville
EmbreevilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi37 residents
50%10–24 mi77 residents
12%25–50 mi19 residents
14%Over 50 mi21 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

The commute in Embreeville is mostly behind the wheel

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Embreeville is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Embreeville near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 3.0 of 20 · typical TN town 6.5 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 2% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 0.0% of commuters · TN 2.0% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 7% of U.S. towns
D−D−

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 357 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). 0.0% of Embreeville households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Embreeville’s commuters take a bus or train.

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 Embreeville: questions

What is the poverty rate in Embreeville?

2.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Embreeville work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnson City (36%, 12 mi), Kingsport (8%, 24 mi), Jonesborough (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is Embreeville walkable?

Embreeville is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around Embreeville 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 Embreeville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Embreeville

Embreeville home →
HandbookGetting around EmbreevilleRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in TNShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.