Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Crossville draws 12,454 commuters a day, with 3.3 jobs for every working resident
14,559 jobs are based in Crossville for 4,390 working residents. For jobs and income Crossville is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Crossville is behind 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Crossville
Crossville has far more jobs than workers
Crossville has 14,559 jobs, 3.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 78% more than the 13,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Crossville draws workers from far and wide
The 14,559 jobs in Crossville are filled from a wide area. Crossville’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 15%; the other 71% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Crossville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Crossville: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Crossville’s grade up (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Crossville could be anywhere from D to C−.
Crossville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,285 residents head out to work and 2,105 work right here.
About 23,000 people are in Crossville on a workday afternoon, 78% more 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 Crossville’s workers come from
Where Crossville clocks in
5% of workers
2% 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 daily trip from Crossville: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crossville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,566 commuters (the 6% 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 kinds of work in Crossville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crossville, 2013 → 2023: 13,188 → 14,559. 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 Crossville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Crossville works
About 28% 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.
In Crossville, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,879 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.0% of Crossville households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Crossville’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000, and where Crossville sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 44 | Nolensville TN | 15,789 | $177K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
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| 214 | Lakeland TN | 14,422 | $116K | 3.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
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| 370 | Arlington TN | 15,703 | $135K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
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| 2,400 | Seneca SC | 9,424 | $52K | 22.1% | 8.9% | 8% | D |
| 2,401 | Coalinga CA | 17,281 | $75K | 21.7% | 11.4% | 36% | D |
| 2,402 | Crossville TN | 13,113 | $49K | 22.9% | 7.2% | 48% | D |
| 2,403 | Arkadelphia AR | 9,916 | $49K | 28.9% | 4.2% | 36% | D |
| 2,404 | Roanoke Rapids NC | 14,386 | $54K | 18.4% | 8.1% | 27% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Crossville, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Around Crossville: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crossville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossville | – | D | B+ | 20 min | $48,802 |
| Lake Tansi | under 1% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $57,991 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crossville’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 Crossville: questions
What is the median household income in Crossville?
$48,802 (±$5,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crossville?
22.9%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crossville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crossville work?
48% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (6%, 99 mi), Cookeville (5%, 30 mi), Knoxville (2%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crossville walkable?
Crossville is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crossville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crossville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crossville
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.