With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lavinia works elsewhere
Employers in Lavinia report 2 jobs, and 23 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lavinia; the top destination outside it is Milan (17%, 7 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Tennessee as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Lavinia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Lavinia on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Lavinia commutes to
Where Lavinia clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Lavinia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lavinia, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Lavinia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lavinia
of Lavinia workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 0% 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.
Lavinia’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
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 Lavinia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lavinia?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lavinia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milan (17%, 7 mi), Huntingdon (13%, 17 mi), Lexington (9%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lavinia 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 Lavinia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lavinia
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.