Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Unemployment in Vonore (0.3%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Vonore is behind 77% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Vonore is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (D). About one in five stay in Vonore for work; outside it, Knoxville is the main destination (10%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vonore and work: the main findings
Vonore fills up on a workday
Vonore has 6,172 jobs, 9.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,300 people are in town, 4 times the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Vonore makes and builds things
84% of the jobs based in Vonore are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Vonore residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Vonore draws workers from far and wide
The 6,172 jobs in Vonore are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 24%; the other 74% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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 637 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Vonore
Unemployment holds Vonore’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,317, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vonore could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Vonore on a workday afternoon
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 6,043 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,300 people are in Vonore on a workday afternoon, 323% more than live here.
9.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Making and building: 84% of jobs based in Vonore
6,172 jobs are based in Vonore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vonore, 2013 → 2023: 4,032 → 6,172. 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 Vonore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Vonore: where workers come from
Where Vonore clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
About 27 minutes each way, about the TN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vonore workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 894 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Vonore commutes less than 18 miles
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.
In Vonore, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 995 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). 0.0% of Vonore households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vonore’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Vonore is 1,735th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 64 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 192 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 224 | Fairmount TN | 2,110 | $137K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,733 | Portage Township OH | 1,584 | $73K | 7.9% | 12.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,734 | Berlin OH | 1,232 | $83K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 12% | B |
| 1,735 | Vonore TN | 1,715 | $58K | 10.1% | 0.3% | 20% | B |
| 1,736 | Greenfield Township MN | 1,308 | $91K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,737 | Whitesboro AL | 1,918 | $67K | 3.9% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Vonore, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
How Vonore compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vonore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vonore | – | B | D | 27 min | $58,317 |
| Rarity Bay | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rarity Bay: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vonore’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 Vonore: questions
What is the median household income in Vonore?
$58,317 (±$19,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vonore?
10.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vonore?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vonore work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knoxville (10%, 30 mi), Madisonville (8%, 9 mi), Maryville (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vonore walkable?
Vonore is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vonore 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 Vonore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vonore
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.