Most of Walnut Grove commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Walnut Grove itself; outside it, Nashville draws the most (39%, 24 miles). Walnut Grove has 39 jobs, and 481 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average; Tennessee averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Walnut Grove in brief
Walnut Grove is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Walnut Grove, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Grove has about 130 people in it, 77% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Walnut Grove works in Nashville
189 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Nashville, 24 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Walnut Grove itself. The commute map ↓
Walnut Grove workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 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; with 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Walnut Grove by day
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Walnut Grove on a workday afternoon, 77% 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.
Where Walnut Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Walnut Grove clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Walnut Grove’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 305 commuters (the 9% 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.
Walnut Grove makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Grove, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 39. 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 Walnut Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Walnut Grove, by distance
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 Walnut Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Grove?
$101,806 (±$61,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Grove?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Grove?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (39%, 24 mi), Gallatin (8%, 11 mi), Hendersonville (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Walnut Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Grove
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.