Washington College Historic District · Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Telford works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Telford for work; outside it, Johnson City is the main destination (26%, 11 miles). There are 25 jobs in Telford for 389 working residents. Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Tennessee 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Telford
Telford is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Telford, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Telford has about 370 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Telford are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. 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 389 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Telford for work, and who comes in
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Telford on a workday afternoon, 50% 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.
From Telford, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Telford workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 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.
The places Telford commutes to
Where Telford clocks in
26% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Telford: what the 25 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Telford, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 25. 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 Telford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Telford to work
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.
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 Telford: questions
What is the median household income in Telford?
$69,200 (±$28,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Telford?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Telford?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Telford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Johnson City (26%, 11 mi), Jonesborough (11%, 5 mi), Greeneville (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Telford 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 Telford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Telford
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.