Great Western Furnace · Photo: Www78 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Big Rock
Hardly any work in Big Rock; the top destination outside it is Dover (22%, 8 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole. The Census job records count 108 working residents of Big Rock and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Big Rock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55 people are in Big Rock on a workday afternoon, 66% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where the trip to work from Big Rock ends
Where Big Rock clocks in
22% of workers
19% 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.
Working from home in Big Rock
of Big Rock workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 0% 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 Big Rock
About 26% 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 Big Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Big Rock?
$77,344 (±$63,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Rock?
8.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (22%, 8 mi), Clarksville (19%, 23 mi), Nashville (5%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Rock 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 Big Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Rock
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.