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Jobs & commute in Frankewing

How Frankewing works: jobs, income and commuting

There are 49 jobs in Frankewing for 54 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Tennessee 13%). Only 2% work in Frankewing; the top destination outside it is Pulaski (24%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Frankewing

On a workday 53 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.

53live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
48work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night19
Workday14
19live here− 53head out to work+ 48come in to work= 14on a workday

About 14 people are in Frankewing on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.91jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 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.

The commute map

The places Frankewing commutes to

Athens: 2 residents work here (4%)Huntsville: 1 residents work here (2%)Ardmore: 1 residents work here (2%)Westmoreland: 1 residents work here (2%)Pulaski: 13 residents work here (24%)Fayetteville: 3 residents work here (6%)Lewisburg: 3 residents work here (6%)LawrenceburgManchesterColumbiaFranklin: 2 residents work here (4%)Memphis: 2 residents work here (4%)Nashville: 5 residents work here (9%)FrankewingPark CityPulaskiNashvilleFayettevilleLewisburgAthensFranklinFrankewing
1
Pulaski10 mi away
24%13
2
Nashville67.5 mi away
9%5
3
Fayetteville16.9 mi away
6%3
4
Lewisburg18.2 mi away
6%3
5
Athens, AL28.9 mi away
4%2
6
Franklin49.7 mi away
4%2
7
Memphis175.9 mi away
4%2
8
Huntsville, AL35.8 mi away
2%1
9
Ardmore13 mi away
2%1
10
Westmoreland100.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%21
The top trips

Where Frankewing clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Frankewing, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in FrankewingJobs Frankewing residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices100%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%30%
Over $3,333 a month39%57%

Who does it

29 or younger45%22%
30 to 5443%46%
55 and older12%31%
+1533%

Jobs based in Frankewing, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 49. 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 Frankewing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Frankewing

Working from home
0%

of Frankewing workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Frankewing gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 11 commuters (the 0% 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

How far Frankewing’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPulaski: 24% · 10 miNashville: 9% · 67.5 miFayetteville: 6% · 16.9 miLewisburg: 6% · 18.2 miAthens: 4% · 28.9 miFranklin: 4% · 49.7 miMemphis: 4% · 175.9 miHuntsville: 2% · 35.8 miArdmore: 2% · 13 miWestmoreland: 2% · 100.7 miPulaski 24%Nashville 9%Fayetteville 6%Lewisburg 6%Athens 4%Frankewing
FrankewingTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi7 residents
38%10–24 mi20 residents
21%25–50 mi11 residents
27%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 27% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Frankewing: questions

What is the median household income in Frankewing?

$95,357 (±$37,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Frankewing?

0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Frankewing work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pulaski (24%, 10 mi), Nashville (9%, 68 mi), Fayetteville (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Frankewing without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Frankewing, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Frankewing

Frankewing home →

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.