Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Grimsley works elsewhere
Grimsley has 24 jobs, and 413 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Grimsley is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, Grimsley is behind 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Grimsley, in brief
Grimsley is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Grimsley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grimsley has about 780 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Grimsley’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Grimsley is Crossville, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (67) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Grimsley’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Grimsley’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (11.0%) is left out: Grimsley’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grimsley could be anywhere from D to B.
In and out of Grimsley on a workday
On a workday 409 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Grimsley on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Grimsley
About 34% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
16% of working residents work in Crossville
Where Grimsley clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
What Grimsley’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grimsley, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 24. 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 Grimsley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Grimsley spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grimsley workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 376 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute in Grimsley is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 409 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). 6.2% of Grimsley households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grimsley’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,516th of 4,312: where Grimsley ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 289 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 631 | Orlinda TN | 1,028 | $84K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 708 | Unionville TN | 1,275 | $71K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,514 | Erie Township OH | 1,154 | $50K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,515 | Lake Secession SC | 1,268 | $52K | 7.1% | 5.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,516 | Grimsley TN | 1,171 | $57K | 6.5% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,517 | Mulberry IN | 1,224 | $59K | 15.3% | 6.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,518 | Rice TX | 1,286 | $66K | 16.2% | 2.1% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Grimsley, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
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 Grimsley: questions
What is the median household income in Grimsley?
$57,212 (±$18,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grimsley?
6.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grimsley?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grimsley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crossville (16%, 22 mi), Jamestown (14%, 11 mi), Cookeville (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grimsley walkable?
Grimsley is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grimsley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grimsley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grimsley
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.