With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Hill works elsewhere
236 jobs are based in Walnut Hill, against 950 working residents. Jobs and income earn Walnut Hill B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Walnut Hill is behind 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Walnut Hill stands out on work
Walnut Hill and Bristol trade workers both ways
Bristol is the top workplace for Walnut Hill residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Walnut Hill come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Walnut Hill is a place people come home to
There are 236 jobs based in Walnut Hill, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Walnut Hill has about 1,700 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Walnut Hill workers cross into Virginia
19% of Walnut Hill workers work outside Tennessee, most of them in Virginia, the Census survey finds. 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; with 950 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Walnut Hill earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Walnut Hill is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Walnut Hill’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($51,742, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Walnut Hill’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Walnut Hill could be anywhere from C to B+.
24% of working residents work in Bristol
Where Walnut Hill clocks in
24% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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 commutes out of Walnut Hill, and who commutes in
On a workday 940 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Walnut Hill on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Goods, not services: 28% of the jobs in Walnut Hill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Hill, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 236. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Walnut Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 commuters (the 18% 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 far Walnut Hill’s workers travel
About 15% 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.
In Walnut Hill, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Walnut Hill is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Walnut Hill 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 844 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). 2.3% of Walnut Hill households have no vehicle (Tennessee 5.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Walnut Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Walnut Hill is 2,325th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 205 | Walden TN | 1,965 | $124K | 3.1% | 4.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,323 | Three Oaks Township MI | 2,281 | $68K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 10% | B− |
| 2,324 | Morgan Township OH | 2,350 | $78K | 11.3% | 2.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,325 | Walnut Hill TN | 2,415 | $52K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 1% | B− |
| 2,326 | Brownstown IN | 3,154 | $63K | 10.7% | 1.6% | 17% | B− |
| 2,327 | Scottsville NY | 1,994 | $80K | 11.1% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Walnut Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Tennessee.
Walnut Hill and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walnut Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill | – | B− | D− | 22 min | $51,742 |
| Bristol | 24% | C | B− | 21 min | $58,162 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bristol. Darker towns draw more of Walnut Hill’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 Walnut Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Hill?
$51,742 (±$15,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Hill?
5.9%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Hill?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Hill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bristol (24%, 3 mi), Johnson City (13%, 17 mi), Bristol (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walnut Hill walkable?
Walnut Hill is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walnut Hill without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Hill
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.