Most of Atwood commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
140 jobs are based in Atwood; 309 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Atwood; the top destination outside it is Milan (12%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where Tennessee has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Atwood on a workday
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Atwood on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Atwood’s working residents head each day
Where Atwood clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
71% of the jobs in Atwood pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atwood, 2014 → 2024: 123 → 140. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Atwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 8% 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 Atwood commutes less than 21 miles
About 27% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Atwood: questions
What is the median household income in Atwood?
$35,446 (±$17,899) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atwood?
22.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atwood?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milan (12%, 6 mi), Jackson (11%, 24 mi), Nashville (10%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Atwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.