With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kahite works elsewhere
26% of workers have no commute at all, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. Kahite has 23 jobs; 299 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Kahite; the top destination outside it is Vonore (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kahite in brief
Kahite workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 56 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 429 hours of commuting, 230 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Kahite is a place people come home to
There are 23 jobs based in Kahite, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kahite has about 620 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Kahite works from home
26% of Kahite workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Time on the road ↓
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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 56 minutes each way, longer than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 18 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kahite workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 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.
Who commutes out of Kahite, and who commutes in
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Kahite 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Kahite commutes to
Where Kahite clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
83% of the jobs in Kahite pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kahite, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 23. 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 Kahite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Kahite to work
About 19% 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.
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 Kahite: questions
What is the median household income in Kahite?
$119,286 (±$57,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kahite?
4.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kahite?
56 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kahite work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vonore (15%, 2 mi), Maryville (11%, 19 mi), Knoxville (11%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kahite without a car?
11% 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 Kahite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kahite
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.