Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Households in Farragut earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Farragut grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Tennessee as a whole has 13.8%. Home is the office for 25% of workers, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Farragut: the gist
Farragut trades workers with the towns around it
Farragut has about as many jobs (8,566) as working residents (9,553), but they are mostly different people: 8,981 residents leave for work each day while 7,994 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Farragut are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Farragut draws workers from far and wide
The 8,566 jobs in Farragut are filled from a wide area. Farragut’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 25%; the other 68% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Farragut works from home
25% of Farragut workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Time on the road ↓
Farragut and Knoxville trade workers both ways
Knoxville is the top workplace for Farragut residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Farragut come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Farragut
67% of Farragut residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Farragut pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
The figures behind Farragut’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Farragut is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #8 of 177 in Tennessee. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Farragut’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farragut could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Farragut: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 8,981 residents head out to work, 572 work right here, and 7,994 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
36% of working residents work in Knoxville
Where Farragut clocks in
36% of workers
14% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Farragut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farragut workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,977 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.
What Farragut’s employers do
8,566 jobs are based in Farragut.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farragut, 2013 → 2023: 6,169 → 8,566. 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 Farragut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Farragut goes to work
About 16% 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.
Most of Farragut commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Farragut is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #59 of 177 in Tennessee. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of 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 12,019 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Farragut households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Farragut’s commuters take a bus or train.
76th of 1,516: where Farragut ranks among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 74 | Brambleton VA | 24,537 | $238K | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 75 | Helena AL | 23,388 | $115K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 76 | Farragut TN | 25,121 | $142K | 3.8% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 77 | University Park TX | 25,323 | $250K | 4.7% | 3.6% | 6% | A+ |
| 78 | Farmington CT | 28,632 | $141K | 4.2% | 2.7% | 17% | A+ |
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| 571 | Maryville TN | 32,442 | $82K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 26% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,117 | East Ridge TN | 21,921 | $62K | 13.1% | 5.3% | 5% | C+ |
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| 1,201 | Tullahoma TN | 21,279 | $61K | 18.0% | 3.2% | 30% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Farragut, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Next door is work for 36% of Farragut
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Knoxville. Darker towns draw more of Farragut’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 Farragut: questions
What is the median household income in Farragut?
$142,093 (±$8,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farragut?
3.8%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farragut?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farragut work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knoxville (36%, 14 mi), Oak Ridge (14%, 9 mi), Nashville (3%, 147 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Farragut walkable?
Farragut is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farragut without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farragut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farragut
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.