Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Graysville has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Graysville is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). The poverty rate is 23.7%; Tennessee has 13.8%. A typical one-way commute from Graysville lasts 25 minutes (Tennessee 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Graysville
Graysville is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Graysville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Graysville has about 1,000 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Graysville and Dayton trade workers both ways
Dayton is the top workplace for Graysville residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Graysville come from (12% of its jobs). 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 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Graysville’s grade
Job access by car holds Graysville’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,000, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (14.1%) is left out: Graysville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Graysville could be anywhere from D to C−.
Who commutes out of Graysville, and who commutes in
On a workday 551 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Graysville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
31% of working residents work in Dayton
Where Graysville clocks in
21% 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 Graysville, 55% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
66 jobs are based in Graysville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Graysville, 2014 → 2024: 52 → 66. 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 Graysville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Graysville: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Graysville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 454 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.
Miles to work from Graysville
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Graysville: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 513 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Graysville households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Graysville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Graysville ranks 4,269th of 5,397 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 174 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 412 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 460 | Berry Hill TN | 1,864 | $80K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,267 | Addison NY | 1,541 | $56K | 17.8% | 8.5% | 15% | D |
| 4,268 | Walnut Cove NC | 1,609 | $45K | 18.4% | 4.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,269 | Graysville TN | 1,506 | $40K | 23.7% | 14.1% | <1% | D |
| 4,270 | Washington ME | 1,562 | $60K | 15.3% | 1.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,271 | Tawas Township MI | 1,737 | $60K | 12.5% | 3.4% | 10% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Graysville, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Bordering towns draw 31% of Graysville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Graysville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graysville | – | D | D | 25 min | $40,000 |
| Dayton | 31% | C+ | B− | 22 min | $49,719 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dayton. Darker towns draw more of Graysville’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 Graysville: questions
What is the median household income in Graysville?
$40,000 (±$12,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Graysville?
23.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Graysville?
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 Graysville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dayton (31%, 5 mi), Chattanooga (21%, 28 mi), Nashville (5%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Graysville walkable?
Graysville is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Graysville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Graysville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Graysville
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.