Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Gladeville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Gladeville has 86 jobs, against 624 working residents. Jobs and income earn Gladeville A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Hardly any work in Gladeville itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (40%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Gladeville, in brief
Gladeville is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Gladeville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
40% of Gladeville works in Nashville
247 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Nashville, 20 miles away. That’s far more as work in Gladeville itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 624 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Gladeville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gladeville is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Gladeville’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gladeville could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
In and out of Gladeville on a workday
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Gladeville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Where the trip to work from Gladeville ends
Where Gladeville clocks in
12% 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.
In Gladeville, 45% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gladeville, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 86. 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 Gladeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Gladeville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gladeville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,183 commuters (the 12% 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.
Gladeville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Gladeville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gladeville is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gladeville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,351 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). 0.0% of Gladeville households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gladeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gladeville places 689th of 5,641 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Camanche Village CA | 2,291 | $156K | 2.4% | 1.3% | 0% | A− |
| 688 | Elgin SC | 2,360 | $78K | 2.9% | 1.0% | <1% | A− |
| 689 | Gladeville TN | 2,199 | $97K | 1.7% | 5.4% | 0% | A− |
| 690 | Marlborough MO | 2,185 | $50K | 4.6% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| 691 | Lorena TX | 1,817 | $88K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Gladeville, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
The towns next door employ 12% of Gladeville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gladeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladeville | – | A− | D− | 25 min | $97,148 |
| Lebanon | 12% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $72,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lebanon. Darker towns draw more of Gladeville’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 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 Gladeville: questions
What is the median household income in Gladeville?
$97,148 (±$49,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gladeville?
1.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gladeville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gladeville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (40%, 20 mi), Lebanon (12%, 8 mi), Mount Juliet (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Gladeville walkable?
Gladeville is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gladeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gladeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gladeville
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.