Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in Eagleville
Only 5% work in Eagleville itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (22%, 30 miles). Home is the office for 21% of workers; Tennessee has 13%. Working residents average 33 minutes each way, next to 26 for Tennessee and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eagleville in brief
Eagleville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eagleville is Nashville, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (118) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Eagleville makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Eagleville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eagleville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Eagleville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 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 538 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Eagleville’s workers travel
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.
Goods jobs make up 41% of work in Eagleville
506 jobs are based in Eagleville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagleville, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 506. 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 Eagleville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Eagleville’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagleville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who commutes out of Eagleville, and who commutes in
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).
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 Eagleville work
Where Eagleville clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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.
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 Eagleville: questions
What is the median household income in Eagleville?
$88,317 (±$17,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagleville?
9.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagleville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagleville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (22%, 30 mi), Murfreesboro (20%, 15 mi), Franklin (11%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagleville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagleville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagleville
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.