Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0About two in three of Bartlett’s working residents commute to Memphis
Measured by household income, Bartlett is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Bartlett are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in ten work in Bartlett; the top destination outside it is Memphis (63%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bartlett at work: what stands out
Inside Bartlett’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bartlett is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #18 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bartlett could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The towns that employ Bartlett’s residents
Where Bartlett clocks in
63% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Bartlett
On a workday 24,324 residents head out to work, 2,759 work right here, and 15,600 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48,000 people are in Bartlett on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
What work there is in Bartlett: 18,359 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bartlett, 2013 → 2023: 14,318 → 18,359. 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 Bartlett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bartlett, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bartlett workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24,150 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 distance from Bartlett to work
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.
Bartlett is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bartlett is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns, #83 of 177 in Tennessee. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of 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 27,266 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Bartlett households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bartlett’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Bartlett ranks: 139th of 797 U.S. towns of 39,000 to 76,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Brentwood TN | 45,313 | $182K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Germantown TN | 40,001 | $150K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Spring Hill TN | 61,336 | $112K | 4.3% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | West Hartford CT | 64,242 | $130K | 6.3% | 4.1% | 14% | A |
| 138 | Webster NY | 45,309 | $94K | 5.1% | 2.7% | 15% | A |
| 139 | Bartlett TN | 56,416 | $102K | 5.1% | 3.4% | 10% | A |
| 140 | Rowlett TX | 67,890 | $112K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| 141 | Troy Township IL | 50,168 | $109K | 5.5% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 797 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Bartlett, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Work next door: 64% of Bartlett’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Memphis. Darker towns draw more of Bartlett’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 Bartlett: questions
What is the median household income in Bartlett?
$102,070 (±$5,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bartlett?
5.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bartlett?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bartlett work?
10% work in town.
Is Bartlett walkable?
Bartlett is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bartlett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bartlett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bartlett
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.