Chandler Stone Wall · Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0For about half of its working residents, Mount Juliet is a commute to Nashville
22% of workers work from home; Tennessee has 13%. Jobs and income earn Mount Juliet A; getting around on foot earns it C+. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Juliet at work: what stands out
Jobs in Mount Juliet have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mount Juliet went from 7,026 in 2013 to 18,420 in 2023, +162%. The jobs ↓
Mount Juliet trades workers with the towns around it
Mount Juliet has about as many jobs (18,420) as working residents (21,048), but they are mostly different people: 19,187 residents leave for work each day while 16,559 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Mount Juliet are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Mount Juliet works from home
22% of Mount Juliet workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Mount Juliet are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, 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.
Jobs & income in Mount Juliet: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Juliet is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #23 of 177 in Tennessee. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Juliet could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Jobs in Mount Juliet: what the 18,420 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Juliet, 2013 → 2023: 7,026 → 18,420. 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 Mount Juliet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Mount Juliet
On a workday 19,187 residents head out to work, 1,861 work right here, and 16,559 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 (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Mount Juliet
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Juliet workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,826 commuters (the 22% 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.
Out of Mount Juliet to work: where people go
Where Mount Juliet clocks in
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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mount Juliet
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.
For most of Mount Juliet, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Juliet is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #89 of 177 in Tennessee. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 21,578 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 1.4% of Mount Juliet households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mount Juliet’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mount Juliet places 234th of 953 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 32,000 to 61,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 12 | Brentwood TN | 45,313 | $182K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 12% | A+ |
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| 39 | Germantown TN | 40,001 | $150K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Collierville TN | 51,909 | $139K | 3.2% | 4.0% | 20% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Dana Point CA | 32,232 | $142K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 7% | A |
| 233 | Crown Point IN | 35,616 | $102K | 6.8% | 2.8% | 19% | A |
| 234 | Mount Juliet TN | 45,172 | $107K | 6.0% | 3.8% | 9% | A |
| 235 | Jackson Township OH | 43,403 | $94K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 20% | A |
| 236 | Green Township OH | 60,480 | $88K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Mount Juliet, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Mount Juliet and its neighbors: 57% work next door
The biggest share goes to Nashville (50%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Juliet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Juliet | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $107,068 |
| Green Hill | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $91,818 |
| Lebanon | 7% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $72,848 |
| Nashville | 50% | B | A− | 25 min | $77,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Juliet’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 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 Mount Juliet: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Juliet?
$107,068 (±$8,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Juliet?
6.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Juliet?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Juliet work?
9% work in town.
Is Mount Juliet walkable?
Mount Juliet is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Juliet without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Juliet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Juliet
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. 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.