Photo: GatewayPolitics · CC BY-SA 4.0For more than half of its working residents, Pegram is a commute to Nashville
At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Tennessee 13%). Pegram grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Pegram is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pegram: the gist
A lot of Pegram works from home
28% of Pegram workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Time on the road ↓
Pegram is a place people come home to
There are 145 jobs based in Pegram, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pegram has about 1,200 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pegram workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Why Pegram gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pegram is better than 92% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pegram could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The trip to work from Pegram: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pegram workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 858 commuters (the 28% 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.
Who leaves Pegram for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,027 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Pegram on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Pegram ends
Where Pegram clocks in
6% of workers
4% 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.
The 145 jobs based in Pegram
145 jobs are based in Pegram.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pegram, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 145. 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 Pegram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Pegram
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.
Most of Pegram commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pegram is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 2.0% across Tennessee, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,195 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). 0.8% of Pegram households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Pegram’s commuters take a bus or train.
269th of 5,509: where Pegram ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 4 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Hughesville MD | 2,098 | $106K | 1.7% | 0.7% | 1% | A |
| 268 | Sewall's Point FL | 2,078 | $129K | 2.5% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 269 | Pegram TN | 2,036 | $111K | 0.3% | 3.6% | <1% | A |
| 270 | Shelby Township IN | 2,533 | $95K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 271 | Dekorra WI | 2,485 | $122K | 5.5% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pegram, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Pegram and its neighbors: 54% work next door
The biggest share goes to Nashville (51%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pegram workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegram | – | A | C+ | 31 min | $111,172 |
| Kingston Springs | 3% | A | D | 31 min | $103,250 |
| Nashville | 51% | B | A− | 25 min | $77,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pegram’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 Pegram: questions
What is the median household income in Pegram?
$111,172 (±$21,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pegram?
0.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pegram?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pegram work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (51%, 16 mi), Franklin (6%, 17 mi), Ashland City (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pegram walkable?
Pegram is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pegram without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pegram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pegram
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.