John Cloyd House (Additional Documentation) · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Green Hill’s working residents commute to Nashville
The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, where Tennessee has 26 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Green Hill is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). Hardly any work in Green Hill; the top destination outside it is Nashville (50%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Green Hill
Green Hill is a place people come home to
There are 195 jobs based in Green Hill, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Green Hill has about 3,700 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Green Hill
Job access by car holds Green Hill’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Green Hill could be anywhere from B− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Green Hill
On a workday 3,364 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Green Hill on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.06 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.
Where Green Hill’s working residents head each day
Where Green Hill clocks in
6% 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.
75% of the jobs in Green Hill pay over $3,333 a month
195 jobs are based in Green Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Hill, 2014 → 2024: 153 → 195. 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 Green Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Green Hill’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,726 commuters (the 17% 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 it is to work from Green Hill
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.
The commute in Green Hill is mostly behind the wheel
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 3,287 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). 1.2% of Green Hill households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Green Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300, Green Hill ranks 1,026th of 3,229 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 334 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 370 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,024 | Springfield Township PA | 6,186 | $122K | 9.2% | 4.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,025 | Henniker NH | 6,256 | $95K | 11.6% | 1.2% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,026 | Green Hill TN | 6,866 | $92K | 5.2% | 6.0% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Lafayette WI | 6,430 | $102K | 2.7% | 4.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,028 | Winona Lake IN | 5,126 | $82K | 8.0% | 1.4% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Green Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
The towns next door employ 57% of Green Hill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | – | B+ | C− | 29 min | $91,818 |
| Mount Juliet | 7% | A | C+ | 30 min | $107,068 |
| Nashville | 50% | B | A− | 25 min | $77,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Nashville. Darker towns draw more of Green Hill’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 Green Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Green Hill?
$91,818 (±$17,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Hill?
5.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Hill?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Hill work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (50%, 13 mi), Mount Juliet (7%, 4 mi), Lebanon (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Green Hill walkable?
Green Hill is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Hill
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.