Most of Sequatchie commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. There are 33 jobs in Sequatchie; 238 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Sequatchie itself; outside it, Chattanooga draws the most (22%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sequatchie
Sequatchie is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Sequatchie, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sequatchie has about 150 people in it, 57% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sequatchie and Chattanooga trade workers both ways
Chattanooga is the top workplace for Sequatchie residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Sequatchie come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Sequatchie workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Sequatchie, and who commutes in
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Sequatchie on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 Sequatchie’s working residents head each day
Where Sequatchie clocks in
22% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Sequatchie
of Sequatchie workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 0% 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.
94% of the jobs in Sequatchie make or build things
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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sequatchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sequatchie, by distance
About 26% 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 Sequatchie: questions
What is the median household income in Sequatchie?
$27,679 (±$8,710) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sequatchie?
49.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sequatchie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chattanooga (22%, 20 mi), Jasper (11%, 4 mi), Kimball (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sequatchie without a car?
7% 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 Sequatchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sequatchie
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.