Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0Tullahoma’s household incomes are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Tullahoma; the top destination outside it is Nashville (7%, 64 miles). The poverty rate is 18.0%, where Tennessee as a whole has 13.8%. Jobs and income earn Tullahoma C+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tullahoma, in a few figures
Commutes from Tullahoma are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. Time on the road ↓
Tullahoma draws workers from far and wide
The 10,931 jobs in Tullahoma are filled from a wide area. Tullahoma’s own residents hold 22% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
What’s behind Tullahoma’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tullahoma is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #95 of 177 in Tennessee. Unemployment holds Tullahoma’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tullahoma could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Commuting from Tullahoma: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tullahoma workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,476 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where Tullahoma goes to work
Where Tullahoma clocks in
6% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Tullahoma
On a workday 5,690 residents head out to work, 2,381 work right here, and 8,550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Tullahoma on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 10,931 jobs in Tullahoma are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tullahoma, 2013 → 2023: 12,459 → 10,931. 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 Tullahoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Tullahoma
About 27% 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.
Driving is how Tullahoma gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tullahoma is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #43 of 177 in Tennessee. Both inputs place Tullahoma 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 9,109 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). 7.4% of Tullahoma households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tullahoma’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000, Tullahoma comes 1,366th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 26 | Nolensville TN | 15,789 | $177K | 2.1% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Farragut TN | 25,121 | $142K | 3.8% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 286 | Arlington TN | 15,703 | $135K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,364 | Clinton Township OH | 19,781 | $61K | 14.2% | 4.9% | 35% | C+ |
| 1,365 | Greenville Township OH | 17,035 | $52K | 12.0% | 3.6% | 38% | C+ |
| 1,366 | Tullahoma TN | 21,279 | $61K | 18.0% | 3.2% | 30% | C+ |
| 1,367 | Waynesboro VA | 23,951 | $60K | 11.2% | 5.1% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,368 | Moline Township IL | 22,531 | $62K | 15.0% | 6.1% | 10% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Tullahoma, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Around Tullahoma: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Lynchburg (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Tullahoma’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 Tullahoma: questions
What is the median household income in Tullahoma?
$60,979 (±$5,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tullahoma?
18.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tullahoma?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tullahoma work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (7%, 64 mi), Manchester (6%, 10 mi), Murfreesboro (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tullahoma walkable?
Tullahoma is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tullahoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tullahoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tullahoma
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.