Photo: Chaplain iMonk · CC BY 2.0Fairfield Glade has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
957 jobs are based in Fairfield Glade; 2,126 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Fairfield Glade is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C). 25% of workers have no commute at all; Tennessee has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fairfield Glade at work: what stands out
Home offices are common in Fairfield Glade
25% of Fairfield Glade workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Fairfield Glade are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. Time on the road ↓
Fairfield Glade has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fairfield Glade went from 648 in 2014 to 957 in 2024, +48%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Fairfield Glade pay little
29% of the jobs based in Fairfield Glade pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Fairfield Glade
Unemployment holds Fairfield Glade’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fairfield Glade could be anywhere from C to B+.
Commuting from Fairfield Glade: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairfield Glade workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,306 commuters (the 25% 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 many miles Fairfield Glade commutes
About 42% 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.
Fairfield Glade is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairfield Glade, 2014 → 2024: 648 → 957. 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 Fairfield Glade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Fairfield Glade on a workday
On a workday 1,879 residents head out to work, 247 work right here, and 710 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Fairfield Glade on a workday afternoon, 12% 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.
24% of working residents work in Crossville
Where Fairfield Glade clocks in
24% of workers
4% 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.
Most of Fairfield Glade commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,750 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). 4.0% of Fairfield Glade households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fairfield Glade’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fairfield Glade places 1,600th of 2,831 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 380 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,598 | Whitefish MT | 9,358 | $74K | 9.4% | 2.4% | 38% | B− |
| 1,599 | Otter Creek Township IN | 9,001 | $72K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,600 | Fairfield Glade TN | 9,487 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.0% | 12% | B− |
| 1,601 | Oak Island NC | 9,337 | $86K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 17% | B− |
| 1,602 | Blanchard OK | 10,013 | $91K | 7.9% | 10.1% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Fairfield Glade, 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 Fairfield Glade: questions
What is the median household income in Fairfield Glade?
$71,682 (±$7,936) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairfield Glade?
7.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairfield Glade?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairfield Glade work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossville (24%, 10 mi), Nashville (9%, 107 mi), Cookeville (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Fairfield Glade walkable?
Fairfield Glade is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fairfield Glade 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 Fairfield Glade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairfield Glade
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.