Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Mitchellville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers, against 13% across Tennessee. There are 13 jobs in Mitchellville for 85 working residents. Hardly any work in Mitchellville; the top destination outside it is Nashville (27%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Mitchellville
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Mitchellville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Out of Mitchellville to work: where people go
Where Mitchellville clocks in
15% of workers
15% 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.
Goods jobs make up 54% of work in Mitchellville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mitchellville, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 13. 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 Mitchellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the TN average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mitchellville workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 commuters (the 20% 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 it is to work from Mitchellville
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 Mitchellville: questions
What is the median household income in Mitchellville?
$40,000 (±$14,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mitchellville?
33.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mitchellville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mitchellville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (27%, 35 mi), Portland (15%, 3 mi), Gallatin (15%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mitchellville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mitchellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mitchellville
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.