Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Fall Branch has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. There are 67 jobs in Fall Branch for 553 working residents. The two grades for Fall Branch are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Fall Branch at work: what stands out
Fall Branch is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Fall Branch, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fall Branch has about 670 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fall Branch and Kingsport trade workers both ways
Kingsport is the top workplace for Fall Branch residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Fall Branch come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Fall Branch
On income, poverty and job access, Fall Branch is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Fall Branch’s grade up (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($50,208, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Fall Branch’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fall Branch could be anywhere from D to B.
Who works in Fall Branch, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Fall Branch on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
28% of working residents work in Kingsport
Where Fall Branch clocks in
28% of workers
27% of workers
7% 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.
Fall Branch works in goods: 52% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fall Branch, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 67. 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 Fall Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fall Branch’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fall Branch workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 439 commuters (the 11% 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 Fall Branch goes to work
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.
In Fall Branch, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fall Branch is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Tennessee, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 492 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). 1.6% of Fall Branch households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Fall Branch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Fall Branch comes 2,877th 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 631 | Orlinda TN | 1,028 | $84K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 708 | Unionville TN | 1,275 | $71K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,875 | Lamard Township IL | 1,324 | $69K | 12.2% | 1.9% | 2% | C− |
| 2,876 | Stockton Springs ME | 1,593 | $75K | 14.5% | 5.2% | 1% | C− |
| 2,877 | Fall Branch TN | 1,160 | $50K | 19.3% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 2,878 | Park River ND | 1,363 | $69K | 11.3% | 1.6% | 34% | C− |
| 2,879 | Boswell PA | 1,197 | $53K | 13.7% | 1.8% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Fall Branch, 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 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 Fall Branch: questions
What is the median household income in Fall Branch?
$50,208 (±$10,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fall Branch?
19.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fall Branch?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fall Branch work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kingsport (28%, 8 mi), Johnson City (27%, 14 mi), Greeneville (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fall Branch walkable?
Fall Branch is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fall Branch without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fall Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fall Branch
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. 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.