Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Elgin has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Elgin; the top destination outside it is Huntsville (25%, 8 miles). Employers in Elgin report 18 jobs, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers work from home; Tennessee has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Elgin for work, and who comes in
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Elgin on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 the trip to work from Elgin ends
Where Elgin clocks in
25% of workers
9% 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.
What Elgin’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elgin, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 18. 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 Elgin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elgin
of Elgin workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 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 it is to work from Elgin
About 26% 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.
The towns around Elgin
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elgin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin | – | — | — | — | — |
| Robbins | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Robbins: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elgin’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 Elgin: questions
What is the poverty rate in Elgin?
10.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elgin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (25%, 8 mi), Oneida (9%, 14 mi), Oak Ridge (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elgin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elgin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elgin
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.