With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Petros works elsewhere
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Tennessee has 13%. Employers in Petros report 25 jobs, and 172 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Petros; the top destination outside it is Oak Ridge (27%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Petros, and who commutes in
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Petros on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The places Petros commutes to
Where Petros clocks in
27% of workers
13% 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.
In Petros, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petros, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 25. 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 Petros’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Petros
of Petros workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 201 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 many miles Petros commutes
About 16% 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 Petros: questions
What is the poverty rate in Petros?
25.6%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Petros work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oak Ridge (27%, 13 mi), Knoxville (13%, 29 mi), Nashville (3%, 130 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Petros 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 Petros, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petros
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.