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Jobs & commute in Hilham

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hilham works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Hilham for work; outside it, Livingston is the main destination (19%, 7 miles). Hilham has 11 jobs for 167 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 41 minutes; Tennessee averages 26, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Hilham

On a workday 167 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.

167live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
11work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday110
270live here− 170head out to work+ 11come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Hilham on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs 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

The places Hilham commutes to

Celina: 3 residents work here (2%)Jamestown: 3 residents work here (2%)Smithville: 3 residents work here (2%)Sparta: 3 residents work here (2%)Livingston: 31 residents work here (19%)McMinnvilleCrossville: 3 residents work here (2%)Cookeville: 27 residents work here (16%)Brentwood: 3 residents work here (2%)ClarksvilleChattanooga: 5 residents work here (3%)Nashville: 23 residents work here (14%)HilhamLivingstonCookevilleNashvilleChattanoogaCelinaJamestownHilham
1
Livingston6.6 mi away
19%31
2
Cookeville18.6 mi away
16%27
3
Nashville76.6 mi away
14%23
4
Chattanooga93.5 mi away
3%5
5
Celina10.1 mi away
2%3
6
Jamestown28.2 mi away
2%3
7
Smithville37.7 mi away
2%3
8
Sparta32.9 mi away
2%3
9
Crossville39.1 mi away
2%3
10
Brentwood79.5 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%63
The top trips

Where Hilham 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

In Hilham, 91% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in HilhamJobs Hilham residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms91%29%
Trade, transport & utilities9%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month64%32%
Over $3,333 a month9%56%

Who does it

29 or younger9%26%
30 to 5427%39%
55 and older64%35%
+450%

Jobs based in Hilham, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 11. 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 Hilham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Hilham: about 41 minutes

A year of commuting
311 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hilham41 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

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

About 1 in 10
How Hilham gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Carpool

Share of the 118 commuters (the 13% 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

How far Hilham’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLivingston: 19% · 6.6 miCookeville: 16% · 18.6 miNashville: 14% · 76.6 miChattanooga: 3% · 93.5 miCelina: 2% · 10.1 miJamestown: 2% · 28.2 miSmithville: 2% · 37.7 miSparta: 2% · 32.9 miCrossville: 2% · 39.1 miBrentwood: 2% · 79.5 miLivingston 19%Cookeville 16%Nashville 14%Chattanooga 3%Celina 2%Hilham
HilhamTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi43 residents
27%10–24 mi44 residents
13%25–50 mi22 residents
34%Over 50 mi57 residents

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.

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 Hilham: questions

What is the median household income in Hilham?

$75,938 (±$12,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hilham?

13.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hilham?

41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hilham work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livingston (19%, 7 mi), Cookeville (16%, 19 mi), Nashville (14%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Hilham

Hilham 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.