Work, pay and getting to work in Clarkrange
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole. Only 4% stay in Clarkrange for work; outside it, Crossville is the main destination (19%, 16 miles). Employers in Clarkrange report 129 jobs for 198 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Clarkrange for work, and who comes in
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Clarkrange on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 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 people from Clarkrange work
Where Clarkrange clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
In Clarkrange, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarkrange, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 129. 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 Clarkrange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Clarkrange
of Clarkrange workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 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.
How far Clarkrange goes to work
About 38% 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 Clarkrange: questions
What is the poverty rate in Clarkrange?
41.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Clarkrange work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossville (19%, 16 mi), Nashville (10%, 99 mi), Cookeville (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarkrange 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 Clarkrange, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarkrange
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.