Pine Crest has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Pine Crest is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+). Pine Crest has 134 jobs for 990 working residents. Measured by household income, Pine Crest is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pine Crest
Much of Pine Crest works one town over
54% of working residents work in a town that borders Pine Crest: Johnson City (42%) and Elizabethton (12%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Pine Crest than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pine Crest fell from 747 in 2013 to 134 in 2023, −82%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Pine Crest is a place people come home to
There are 134 jobs based in Pine Crest, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Crest has about 1,200 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 990 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Pine Crest’s grade
Job access by car holds Pine Crest’s grade up (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($53,537, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (14.6%) is left out: Pine Crest’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pine Crest could be anywhere from C to B.
The kinds of work in Pine Crest
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Crest, 2013 → 2023: 747 → 134. 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 Pine Crest’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pine Crest on a workday afternoon
On a workday 980 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Pine Crest on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where people from Pine Crest work
Where Pine Crest clocks in
42% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Time on the road from Pine Crest: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Crest workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 702 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 Pine Crest goes 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.
For most of Pine Crest, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Tennessee, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 792 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). 2.5% of Pine Crest households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Crest’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Pine Crest ranks: 2,716th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,714 | Bartlow Township OH | 2,172 | $81K | 11.0% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,715 | Mooreville MS | 2,154 | $118K | 10.8% | 24.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,716 | Pine Crest TN | 2,029 | $54K | 9.7% | 14.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,717 | Dale IN | 1,517 | $62K | 7.6% | 3.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,718 | Leetonia OH | 1,769 | $62K | 11.8% | 8.4% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Pine Crest, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
54% of Pine Crest works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Crest workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Crest | – | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $53,537 |
| Elizabethton | 12% | C− | B | 21 min | $46,975 |
| Johnson City | 42% | C | B+ | 19 min | $57,254 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Johnson City. Darker towns draw more of Pine Crest’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 Pine Crest: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Crest?
$53,537 (±$7,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Crest?
9.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Crest?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Crest work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnson City (42%, 5 mi), Elizabethton (12%, 5 mi), Kingsport (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Crest walkable?
Pine Crest is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Crest 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 Pine Crest, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Crest
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.