Olivet has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
63 jobs are based in Olivet for 524 working residents. The two grades for Olivet are D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Tennessee.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Olivet, in brief
Olivet and Savannah trade workers both ways
Savannah is the top workplace for Olivet residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Olivet come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Olivet is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Olivet, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olivet has about 920 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Olivet’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Olivet is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Olivet’s grade up ($66,635, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Olivet’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Olivet could be anywhere from D− to B−.
25% of working residents work in Savannah
Where Olivet clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
How many people are in Olivet by day
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Olivet 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.
How far it is to work from Olivet
About 30% 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.
Goods, not services: 70% of the jobs in Olivet
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olivet, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 63. 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 Olivet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Olivet’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olivet workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 730 commuters (the 9% 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.
For most of Olivet, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olivet is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Olivet near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 800 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Olivet households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olivet’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Olivet ranks: 4,880th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 472 | Berry Hill TN | 1,864 | $80K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 910 | Orlinda TN | 1,028 | $84K | 6.4% | 3.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,878 | Rush Township PA | 1,155 | $62K | 17.9% | 1.7% | 3% | D |
| 4,879 | Barker Heights NC | 1,074 | $29K | 49.7% | 3.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,880 | Olivet TN | 1,377 | $67K | 21.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,881 | Lamar AR | 1,776 | $51K | 22.7% | 1.8% | 4% | D |
| 4,882 | Bay Springs MS | 1,472 | $50K | 16.2% | 9.8% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Olivet, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
25% of Olivet works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Savannah. Darker towns draw more of Olivet’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 Olivet: questions
What is the median household income in Olivet?
$66,635 (±$38,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olivet?
21.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olivet?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olivet work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (25%, 3 mi), Jackson (6%, 48 mi), Memphis (6%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Olivet walkable?
Olivet is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olivet 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 Olivet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olivet
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.