Photo: Dclemens1971 · CC BY 4.0About two in three of Ridgeside’s working residents commute to Chattanooga
23% of workers have no commute at all; Tennessee has 13%. Hardly any work in Ridgeside itself; outside it, Chattanooga draws the most (64%, 2 miles). A typical one-way commute from Ridgeside lasts 18 minutes (Tennessee 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Ridgeside: the gist
More than half of Ridgeside works in Chattanooga
183 working residents, 64%, have their main job in Chattanooga, 2.1 miles away. That’s far more as work in Ridgeside itself. The commute map ↓
Ridgeside is a place people come home to
There are 16 jobs based in Ridgeside, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridgeside has about 170 people in it, 62% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Ridgeside residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 288 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Ridgeside’s residents
Where Ridgeside clocks in
64% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Ridgeside, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Ridgeside on a workday afternoon, 62% fewer than live here.
0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Ridgeside commutes
About 22% 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.
Ridgeside is a services town
16 jobs are based in Ridgeside.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgeside, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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 Ridgeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgeside workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 288 commuters (the 23% 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.
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 Ridgeside: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgeside?
$191,167 (±$37,961) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgeside?
2.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgeside?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgeside work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Ridgeside 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 Ridgeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgeside
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.