Dodson Branch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
22 jobs are based in Dodson Branch for 492 working residents. Dodson Branch grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Hardly any stay in Dodson Branch for work; outside it, Cookeville is the main destination (34%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Dodson Branch
Dodson Branch is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Dodson Branch, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dodson Branch has about 960 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dodson Branch and Cookeville trade workers both ways
Cookeville is the top workplace for Dodson Branch residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Dodson Branch come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dodson Branch workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical 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; with 492 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Dodson Branch’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dodson Branch is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Dodson Branch’s grade up ($74,375, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (26.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (10.4%) is left out: Dodson Branch’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Dodson Branch could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily commute in and out of Dodson Branch
On a workday 490 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Dodson Branch on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 people from Dodson Branch work
Where Dodson Branch clocks in
34% 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.
From Dodson Branch, about 39 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodson Branch workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 commuters (the 10% 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.
Dodson Branch makes things: 64% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodson Branch, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 22. 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 Dodson Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Dodson Branch goes to work
About 37% 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.
Getting around Dodson Branch: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dodson Branch is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Dodson Branch near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 511 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). 0.0% of Dodson Branch households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dodson Branch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dodson Branch is 4,163rd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 472 | Berry Hill TN | 1,864 | $80K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 910 | Orlinda TN | 1,028 | $84K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,161 | Palmona Park FL | 1,115 | $44K | 26.7% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,162 | Edmund SC | 1,161 | $43K | 23.8% | 9.2% | <1% | C− |
| 4,163 | Dodson Branch TN | 1,425 | $74K | 26.1% | 10.4% | <1% | C− |
| 4,164 | Marcellus MI | 1,045 | $53K | 16.4% | 6.0% | 9% | C− |
| 4,165 | Andover NY | 1,568 | $65K | 11.7% | 11.2% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dodson Branch, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
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 Dodson Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Dodson Branch?
$74,375 (±$15,868) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodson Branch?
26.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodson Branch?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodson Branch work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cookeville (34%, 12 mi), Gainesboro (9%, 7 mi), Nashville (9%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dodson Branch walkable?
Dodson Branch is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dodson Branch 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 Dodson Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodson Branch
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.