Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Huntland works elsewhere
Only 4% work in Huntland itself; outside it, Winchester draws the most (21%, 13 miles). Employers in Huntland report 131 jobs; 392 of its residents have a job. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Tennessee.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Huntland stands out on work
Huntland and Winchester trade workers both ways
Winchester is the top workplace for Huntland residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Huntland come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Huntland workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Huntland commutes to
Where Huntland clocks in
21% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Huntland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Huntland workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 571 commuters (the 1% 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.
Huntland on a workday afternoon
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Huntland on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Huntland makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Huntland, 2014 → 2024: 106 → 131. 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 Huntland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Huntland
About 29% 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.
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 Huntland: questions
What is the median household income in Huntland?
$66,308 (±$11,361) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Huntland?
11.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Huntland?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Huntland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winchester (21%, 13 mi), Fayetteville (9%, 18 mi), Nashville (6%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Huntland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Huntland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Huntland
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.