About two in five of La Vergne’s working residents commute to Nashville
About one in ten work in La Vergne; the top destination outside it is Nashville (40%, 16 miles). For jobs and income La Vergne is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). Working residents average 32 minutes each way, where Tennessee has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets La Vergne apart on work
La Vergne trades workers with the towns around it
La Vergne has about as many jobs (22,366) as working residents (18,716), but they are mostly different people: 16,775 residents leave for work each day while 20,425 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in La Vergne are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
La Vergne has added jobs fast
Jobs based in La Vergne went from 12,161 in 2014 to 22,366 in 2024, +84%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in La Vergne are in trade, transport and utilities, against 26% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
La Vergne workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in La Vergne
Job access by car holds La Vergne’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, La Vergne could be anywhere from B to A−.
La Vergne on a workday afternoon
On a workday 16,775 residents head out to work, 1,941 work right here, and 20,425 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
67% of the jobs in La Vergne pay over $3,333 a month
22,366 jobs are based in La Vergne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Vergne, 2014 → 2024: 12,161 → 22,366. 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 La Vergne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in La Vergne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Vergne workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,954 commuters (the 14% 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 towns that employ La Vergne’s residents
Where La Vergne clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
La Vergne’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Driving is how La Vergne gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of 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 20,924 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 15% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 1.6% of La Vergne households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of La Vergne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, La Vergne is 463rd among 994 U.S. towns of 30,000 to 57,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Brentwood TN | 45,313 | $182K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Germantown TN | 40,001 | $150K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 126 | Collierville TN | 51,909 | $139K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 461 | Deer Park TX | 34,282 | $100K | 9.1% | 5.8% | 14% | B+ |
| 462 | Goleta CA | 32,401 | $122K | 9.3% | 4.2% | 24% | B+ |
| 463 | La Vergne TN | 42,146 | $81K | 15.1% | 2.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 464 | Ocoee FL | 51,932 | $99K | 10.3% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 465 | Holland MI | 35,372 | $76K | 10.3% | 2.5% | 27% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 994 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 La Vergne, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
La Vergne and its neighbors: 49% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Nashville. Darker towns draw more of La Vergne’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 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 La Vergne: questions
What is the median household income in La Vergne?
$81,313 (±$5,805) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Vergne?
15.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Vergne?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Vergne work?
10% work in town.
Is La Vergne walkable?
La Vergne is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Vergne without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Vergne, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Vergne
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. 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.