Aquone · Photo: Smellersthefellerowner of home · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Whitlock works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Whitlock itself; outside it, Paris draws the most (29%, 6 miles). Employers in Whitlock report 2 jobs for 34 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Tennessee.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Whitlock
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Whitlock on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The places Whitlock commutes to
Where Whitlock clocks in
29% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Whitlock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Whitlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Whitlock
of Whitlock workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Whitlock commutes less than 8 miles
About 35% 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.
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 Whitlock: questions
What is the poverty rate in Whitlock?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Whitlock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (29%, 6 mi), Nashville (12%, 89 mi), Clarksville (6%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitlock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitlock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitlock
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.