Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0At 3.1%, unemployment in Gallatin is lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Gallatin; the top destination outside it is Nashville (30%, 23 miles). Gallatin grades B for jobs and income and C for walkability. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Tennessee 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Gallatin apart on work
The four measures behind Gallatin’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gallatin is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #54 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car holds Gallatin’s grade up (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gallatin could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Out of Gallatin to work: where people go
Where Gallatin clocks in
8% of workers
3% 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.
Who commutes out of Gallatin, and who commutes in
On a workday 15,275 residents head out to work, 5,071 work right here, and 20,130 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 (1.24 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 25,201 jobs based in Gallatin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallatin, 2013 → 2023: 19,970 → 25,201. 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 Gallatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Gallatin, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallatin workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,608 commuters (the 15% 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 Gallatin 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.
Driving is how Gallatin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gallatin is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #95 of 177 in Tennessee. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% 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 24,314 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 44% 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). 5.0% of Gallatin households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Gallatin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gallatin is 462nd of 834 U.S. towns of 38,000 to 74,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Brentwood TN | 45,313 | $182K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Germantown TN | 40,001 | $150K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Spring Hill TN | 61,336 | $112K | 4.3% | 2.1% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 460 | La Habra CA | 60,908 | $100K | 10.9% | 7.1% | 6% | B |
| 461 | Novato CA | 51,947 | $116K | 9.6% | 5.9% | 16% | B |
| 462 | Gallatin TN | 54,590 | $78K | 13.0% | 3.1% | 25% | B |
| 463 | Winter Garden FL | 48,063 | $106K | 9.9% | 6.6% | 8% | B |
| 464 | Westchester FL | 52,032 | $72K | 10.0% | 4.5% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 834 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Gallatin, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Gallatin and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hendersonville (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gallatin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallatin | – | B | C | 26 min | $77,518 |
| Hendersonville | 8% | A− | C+ | 30 min | $97,200 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gallatin’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 Gallatin: questions
What is the median household income in Gallatin?
$77,518 (±$7,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallatin?
13.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallatin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallatin work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (30%, 23 mi), Hendersonville (8%, 9 mi), Lebanon (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gallatin walkable?
Gallatin is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gallatin without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallatin
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.