Abernathy Farm · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Elkton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 32% of workers (Tennessee 13%). 90 jobs are based in Elkton, against 172 working residents. Hardly any stay in Elkton for work; outside it, Pulaski is the main destination (16%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Elkton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Elkton on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 Elkton ends
Where Elkton clocks in
16% 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.
Jobs in Elkton: what the 90 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elkton, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 90. 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 Elkton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Elkton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elkton workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 32% 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 Elkton
About 35% 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 Elkton: questions
What is the median household income in Elkton?
$66,944 (±$14,624) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elkton?
20.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elkton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elkton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pulaski (16%, 12 mi), Nashville (10%, 77 mi), Athens (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elkton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elkton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elkton
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.