With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Summertown works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Summertown; the top destination outside it is Lawrenceburg (17%, 13 miles). 28 jobs are based in Summertown, against 342 working residents. Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Tennessee and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Summertown, in brief
Summertown is a place people come home to
There are 28 jobs based in Summertown, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Summertown has about 420 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 342 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Summertown on a workday
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Summertown on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Summertown
About 33% 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.
The places Summertown commutes to
Where Summertown clocks in
17% of workers
15% 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.
What Summertown’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summertown, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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 Summertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Summertown’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summertown workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 379 commuters (the 12% 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 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 Summertown: questions
What is the median household income in Summertown?
$89,688 (±$23,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summertown?
1.4%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summertown?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summertown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceburg (17%, 13 mi), Columbia (15%, 20 mi), Nashville (10%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Summertown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summertown
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.