Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Most of Griffith Creek commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Griffith Creek report 2 jobs, against 184 working residents. Hardly any work in Griffith Creek; the top destination outside it is Chattanooga (29%, 22 miles). Working from home is the commute for 24% of workers, against 13% across Tennessee.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Griffith Creek by day
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Griffith Creek on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Griffith Creek’s working residents head each day
Where Griffith Creek clocks in
29% of workers
17% 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.
The kinds of work in Griffith Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Griffith Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Griffith Creek
of Griffith Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 24% 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 distance from Griffith Creek to work
About 20% 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.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Griffith Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Griffith Creek?
21.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Griffith Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chattanooga (29%, 22 mi), Jasper (17%, 16 mi), Nashville (6%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Griffith Creek 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 Griffith Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Griffith Creek
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.