Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Farragut commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Farragut report 29 jobs; 226 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Farragut itself; outside it, Shenandoah draws the most (17%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Farragut at work: what stands out
Farragut is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Farragut, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Farragut has about 280 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Farragut and Shenandoah trade workers both ways
Shenandoah is the top workplace for Farragut residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Farragut come from (31% of its jobs). 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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Farragut
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Farragut on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Farragut’s working residents head each day
Where Farragut clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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.
66% of the jobs in Farragut pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farragut, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 29. 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 Farragut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Farragut: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farragut workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 206 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Farragut
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.
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 Farragut: questions
What is the median household income in Farragut?
$54,688 (±$19,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farragut?
10.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farragut?
19 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farragut work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shenandoah (17%, 6 mi), Omaha (10%, 48 mi), Council Bluffs (8%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Farragut without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farragut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farragut
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.