Work & commute · Fairfield Glade

Work & commute in Fairfield Glade, TN

Most working residents leave Fairfield Glade for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Crossville (25%), Cookeville (4%) and Knoxville (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

270 of 2,278 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,008 Fairfield Glade residents head out of town to work, 270 work right here, and 682 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield Glade.

2,008live here, work elsewhere

270live and work here

682work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield Glade goes to work

Crossville9.5 mi away

25%580

Fairfield Glade (in town)right here

12%270

Cookeville37.1 mi away

4%96

Knoxville51.7 mi away

4%89

Chattanooga68.2 mi away

3%59

Murfreesboro87.3 mi away

2%48

Lebanon83.3 mi away

2%35

Franklin110.9 mi away

1%32

Oak Ridge32.7 mi away

1%26

Memphis293 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,023

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

How far

How far Fairfield Glade commutes

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

38%

13%

41%

38%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield Glade is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.42 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield Glade are

952 jobs are based in Fairfield Glade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield Glade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfield Glade

952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fairfield Glade residents hold

2,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+92%

Jobs based in Fairfield Glade, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 952. 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.