Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jacksboro has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 1,796 people commute in to work
About one in ten work in Jacksboro; the top destination outside it is Knoxville (17%, 29 miles). Jacksboro has 1,887 jobs for 949 working residents. For jobs and income Jacksboro is better than 44% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jacksboro and work: the main findings
Jacksboro is where the jobs are
Jacksboro has 1,887 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, 42% more than the 2,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jacksboro’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jacksboro is Knoxville, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (161) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 949 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Jacksboro’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Jacksboro’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Jacksboro could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who works in Jacksboro, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 858 residents head out to work and 91 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Jacksboro on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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.
How many miles Jacksboro commutes
About 16% 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.
The towns that send workers to Jacksboro
Where Jacksboro clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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 Jacksboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacksboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,899 → 1,887. 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 Jacksboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Jacksboro
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacksboro workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,047 commuters (the 15% 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.
Jacksboro is a driving town
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,226 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). 2.0% of Jacksboro households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jacksboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Jacksboro ranks 2,503rd of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 186 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,501 | Butler IN | 2,673 | $55K | 19.3% | 1.1% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,502 | Coleraine MN | 1,998 | $75K | 10.7% | 3.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,503 | Jacksboro TN | 2,235 | $69K | 12.7% | 3.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,504 | Thomaston ME | 2,751 | $56K | 6.6% | 3.3% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,505 | South Canaan Township PA | 1,873 | $77K | 11.4% | 8.9% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Jacksboro, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
14% of Jacksboro works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to La Follette (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jacksboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksboro | – | C+ | C− | 23 min | $68,750 |
| La Follette | 11% | D | B− | 28 min | $37,581 |
| Caryville | 3% | C− | D | 25 min | $56,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jacksboro’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 Jacksboro: questions
What is the median household income in Jacksboro?
$68,750 (±$10,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacksboro?
12.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacksboro?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jacksboro work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knoxville (17%, 29 mi), La Follette (11%, 4 mi), Clinton (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jacksboro walkable?
Jacksboro is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jacksboro 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 Jacksboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacksboro
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.