Knoxville draws about half of Halls’ working residents
At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Halls run about the Tennessee average. For jobs and income Halls is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 69% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Halls at work: what stands out
Nearly half of Halls works in Knoxville
2,158 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Knoxville, 7.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 12 times as many as work in Halls itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Halls
61% of Halls residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Halls pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Halls are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Halls are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Halls’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Halls: the grade in detail
Unemployment is its strongest input (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Halls could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Where people from Halls work
Where Halls clocks in
47% of workers
5% 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 work there is in Halls: 3,462 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Halls, 2013 → 2023: 3,451 → 3,462. 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 Halls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Halls by day
On a workday 4,448 residents head out to work, 178 work right here, and 3,284 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Halls on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.75 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Halls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Halls workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,518 commuters (the 9% 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 Halls
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.
In Halls, most people drive to work
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 4,954 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). 3.3% of Halls households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Halls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Halls is 650th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 219 | Signal Mountain TN | 8,824 | $141K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 339 | Harrison TN | 8,011 | $89K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 385 | Tellico Village TN | 7,414 | $107K | 3.3% | 1.9% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 648 | Chippewa Township PA | 8,107 | $95K | 4.5% | 3.1% | 11% | A− |
| 649 | New Hanover Township PA | 13,528 | $141K | 5.6% | 4.6% | 4% | A− |
| 650 | Halls TN | 10,272 | $91K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 4% | A− |
| 651 | Chestnut Ridge NY | 10,987 | $112K | 8.1% | 4.0% | 7% | A− |
| 652 | Hatboro PA | 8,593 | $113K | 4.4% | 5.6% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Halls, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Bordering towns draw 47% of Halls’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Knoxville. Darker towns draw more of Halls’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 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 Halls: questions
What is the median household income in Halls?
$90,933 (±$14,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Halls?
8.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Halls?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Halls work?
4% work in town.
Is Halls walkable?
Halls is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Halls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Halls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Halls
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.