Photo: Brian Stansberry (photographer) · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Jacks Creek
No jobs are based in Jacks Creek in the Census job records; 32 of its residents work elsewhere. Hardly any stay in Jacks Creek for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (28%, 22 miles). 75.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.8% for Tennessee as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jacks Creek by day and by night
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Jacks Creek on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 the trip to work from Jacks Creek ends
Where Jacks Creek clocks in
28% of workers
19% of workers
13% 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.
The distance from Jacks Creek to work
About 19% 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 Jacks Creek: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jacks Creek?
75.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Jacks Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (28%, 22 mi), Henderson (19%, 8 mi), Lexington (13%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jacks Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacks Creek
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.