Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Englewood has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 87% of U.S. towns. There are 84 jobs in Englewood; 574 of its residents have a job. Englewood grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Englewood and work: the main findings
Englewood is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Englewood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Englewood has about 1,100 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
29% of Englewood works in Athens
165 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Athens, 7 miles away. That’s 29 times as many as work in Englewood itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 574 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Englewood’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Englewood is better than 14% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Englewood’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Englewood’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, Englewood could be anywhere from D to C−.
Who works in Englewood, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 569 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Englewood on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
29% of working residents work in Athens
Where Englewood clocks in
29% of workers
7% 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 Englewood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Englewood, 2014 → 2024: 97 → 84. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Englewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Englewood, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Englewood workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where in the region Englewood works
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Englewood is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Englewood is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Tennessee.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 658 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). 3.8% of Englewood households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Englewood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Englewood is 4,769th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Fairmount TN | 2,110 | $137K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,767 | Woodbine IA | 1,705 | $51K | 12.6% | 4.0% | 17% | D |
| 4,768 | Wymore NE | 1,341 | $57K | 11.2% | 4.7% | 10% | D |
| 4,769 | Englewood TN | 1,610 | $51K | 21.2% | 6.9% | 1% | D |
| 4,770 | Burlington Township MI | 1,419 | $61K | 12.8% | 2.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,771 | Campbell FL | 2,123 | $40K | 35.6% | 12.9% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Englewood, 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 2024, 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 Englewood: questions
What is the median household income in Englewood?
$51,094 (±$4,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Englewood?
21.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Englewood?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Englewood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (29%, 7 mi), Vonore (7%, 19 mi), Chattanooga (6%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Englewood walkable?
Englewood is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Englewood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Englewood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Englewood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.