Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Wartrace has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Wartrace itself; outside it, Shelbyville draws the most (20%, 7 miles). There are 114 jobs in Wartrace; 308 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, next to 26 for Tennessee and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wartrace: the gist
Wartrace and Shelbyville trade workers both ways
Shelbyville is the top workplace for Wartrace residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Wartrace come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wartrace workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Wartrace to work: where people go
Where Wartrace clocks in
20% of workers
12% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Wartrace
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wartrace workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 8% 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.
Wartrace on a workday afternoon
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Wartrace on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 2024, primary jobs.
65% of the jobs in Wartrace make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wartrace, 2014 → 2024: 62 → 114. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wartrace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Wartrace
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Wartrace: questions
What is the median household income in Wartrace?
$50,417 (±$23,693) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wartrace?
23.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wartrace?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wartrace work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shelbyville (20%, 7 mi), Nashville (16%, 51 mi), Murfreesboro (12%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wartrace without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wartrace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wartrace
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.