Work & commute · Algood

Work & commute in Algood, TN

Most working residents leave Algood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cookeville (51%), Knoxville (3%) and Chattanooga (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 1,513 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,468 Algood residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 1,790 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Algood.

1,468live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

1,790work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Algood goes to work

Cookeville5.2 mi away

51%769

Algood (in town)right here

3%45

Knoxville85.1 mi away

3%41

Chattanooga79.1 mi away

2%37

Crossville28.9 mi away

2%33

Sparta18.4 mi away

2%26

Livingston14.5 mi away

2%24

Memphis264.8 mi away

1%17

Franklin80.9 mi away

1%16

Lebanon50.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%491

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Algood commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%

29%

58%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Algood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Algood are

1,835 jobs are based in Algood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Algood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Algood

1,835 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Algood residents hold

1,513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+43%

Jobs based in Algood, 2013 → 2023: 1,285 → 1,835. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.