Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0There are 1.8 jobs in Byrdstown for every working resident, and 492 people commute in
Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. Byrdstown has 548 jobs, and 310 of its residents work somewhere. About one in five stay in Byrdstown for work; outside it, Nashville is the main destination (9%, 96 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Byrdstown and work: the main findings
Byrdstown’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Byrdstown is Nashville, 96 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (27) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Byrdstown is where the jobs are
Byrdstown has 548 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
39% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 310 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Byrdstown’s workers travel
About 39% 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.
How many people are in Byrdstown by day
On a workday 254 residents head out to work and 56 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Byrdstown on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Byrdstown
Where Byrdstown clocks in
6% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Byrdstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byrdstown, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 548. 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 Byrdstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way for Byrdstown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byrdstown workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 329 commuters (the 3% 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.
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 Byrdstown: questions
What is the median household income in Byrdstown?
$27,000 (±$10,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byrdstown?
24.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byrdstown?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byrdstown work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (9%, 96 mi), Livingston (6%, 17 mi), Cookeville (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Byrdstown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Byrdstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byrdstown
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.