Nixon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Nixon report 26 jobs, and 179 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Nixon itself; outside it, Savannah draws the most (21%, 7 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, 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 commutes out of Nixon, and who commutes in
On a workday 178 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Nixon on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
Where people from Nixon work
Where Nixon clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Nixon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nixon, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 26. 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 Nixon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Nixon
of Nixon workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 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.
How far Nixon goes to work
About 31% 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 Nixon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Nixon?
55.8%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Nixon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (21%, 7 mi), Jackson (6%, 50 mi), Memphis (3%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nixon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nixon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nixon
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.