Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bethpage commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 4% of workers; Tennessee has 13%. Employers in Bethpage report 10 jobs, against 162 working residents. Hardly any work in Bethpage; the top destination outside it is Gallatin (28%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bethpage for work, and who comes in
On a workday 162 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Bethpage on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 Bethpage’s working residents head each day
Where Bethpage clocks in
28% of workers
5% 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.
What Bethpage’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bethpage, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 10. 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 Bethpage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bethpage
of Bethpage workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 192 commuters (the 4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Bethpage
About 17% 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.
Work in the towns next to Bethpage
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bethpage workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethpage | – | — | — | — | $100,859 |
| Bransford | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bransford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bethpage’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 Bethpage: questions
What is the median household income in Bethpage?
$100,859 (±$29,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bethpage?
6.9%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bethpage work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallatin (28%, 11 mi), Nashville (19%, 34 mi), Lebanon (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bethpage 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 Bethpage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bethpage
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.