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Graball Market Graball Tennessee 7272013Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jobs & commute in Graball

Most of Graball commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Graball itself; outside it, Gallatin draws the most (27%, 7 miles). Graball has 3 jobs; 99 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 5% 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

Day and night

Graball on a workday afternoon

On a workday 99 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.

99live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night290
Workday190
290live here− 99head out to work+ 3come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Graball on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Where Graball’s working residents head each day

Berry Hill: 3 residents work here (3%)White House: 3 residents work here (3%)Portland: 4 residents work here (4%)Lebanon: 4 residents work here (4%)Franklin: 3 residents work here (3%)Gallatin: 27 residents work here (27%)Hendersonville: 8 residents work here (8%)Hartsville/Trousdale County: 3 residents work here (3%)Murfreesboro: 3 residents work here (3%)Nashville: 15 residents work here (15%)GraballGallatinNashvilleHendersonvillePortlandLebanonBerry HillGraball
1
Gallatin7.2 mi away
27%27
2
Nashville29 mi away
15%15
3
Hendersonville15.2 mi away
8%8
4
Portland9.2 mi away
4%4
5
Lebanon20.4 mi away
4%4
6
Berry Hill31.1 mi away
3%3
7
White House12.8 mi away
3%3
8
Franklin45.6 mi away
3%3
10
Murfreesboro43.5 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%26
The top trips

Where Graball 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

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Graball

Jobs based in GraballJobs Graball residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%31%
Services: health, schools, offices100%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%23%
Over $3,333 a month33%68%

Who does it

29 or younger100%15%
30 to 540%56%
55 and older0%29%
+50%

Jobs based in Graball, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 3. 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 Graball’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Graball, about 36 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
275 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Graball36 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

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

About 1 in 10
How Graball gets to work
94%Drive alone
6%Carpool

Share of the 107 commuters (the 5% 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

The commute from Graball, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miGallatin: 27% · 7.2 miNashville: 15% · 29 miHendersonville: 8% · 15.2 miPortland: 4% · 9.2 miLebanon: 4% · 20.4 miBerry Hill: 3% · 31.1 miWhite House: 3% · 12.8 miFranklin: 3% · 45.6 miHartsville/Trousdale County: 3% · 16.9 miMurfreesboro: 3% · 43.5 miGallatin 27%Nashville 15%Portland 4%Lebanon 4%Graball
GraballTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi29 residents
31%10–24 mi31 residents
32%25–50 mi32 residents
7%Over 50 mi7 residents

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 Graball: questions

What is the median household income in Graball?

$88,320 (±$2,957) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Graball?

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

How long is the commute from Graball?

36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Graball work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gallatin (27%, 7 mi), Nashville (15%, 29 mi), Hendersonville (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Graball 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 Graball, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Graball

Graball 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.