Photo: Nyttend · Public domainRidgetop has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
22% of workers work from home, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. Employers in Ridgetop report 227 jobs, against 997 working residents. For jobs and income Ridgetop is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ridgetop
42% of Ridgetop works in Nashville
423 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Nashville, 16 miles away across the town line. That’s 42 times as many as work in Ridgetop itself. The commute map ↓
Ridgetop is a place people come home to
There are 227 jobs based in Ridgetop, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ridgetop has about 1,400 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ridgetop
22% of Ridgetop workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. 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; with 997 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Ridgetop: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Ridgetop’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ridgetop could be anywhere from B− to A.
42% of working residents work in Nashville
Where Ridgetop clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Ridgetop, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 989 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Ridgetop on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
From Ridgetop, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ridgetop workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 710 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.
What Ridgetop’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ridgetop, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 227. 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 Ridgetop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ridgetop to work
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.
Few in Ridgetop walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 908 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.9% of Ridgetop households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ridgetop’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ridgetop places 1,155th of 5,404 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,153 | Camino CA | 2,079 | $85K | 0.7% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,154 | Quail Creek TX | 1,715 | $90K | 5.4% | 10.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,155 | Ridgetop TN | 2,156 | $85K | 3.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,156 | Jackson Township IN | 2,778 | $76K | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,157 | Grant Valley Township MN | 2,346 | $80K | 5.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Ridgetop, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Work next door: 44% of Ridgetop’s workers
The biggest share goes to Nashville (42%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ridgetop workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgetop | – | B+ | C | 28 min | $85,063 |
| Greenbrier | 2% | A | D | 31 min | $85,174 |
| Millersville | under 2% | B− | C− | 22 min | $71,789 |
| Nashville | 42% | B | A− | 25 min | $77,853 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ridgetop’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 Ridgetop: questions
What is the median household income in Ridgetop?
$85,063 (±$12,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ridgetop?
3.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ridgetop?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ridgetop work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (42%, 16 mi), Springfield (7%, 8 mi), Goodlettsville (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ridgetop walkable?
Ridgetop is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ridgetop without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ridgetop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ridgetop
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.