Work & commute · Forest Hills

Work & commute in Forest Hills, TN

Most working residents leave Forest Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brentwood (8%), Franklin (7%) and Berry Hill (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 1,830 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,795 Forest Hills residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 621 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Hills.

1,795live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

621work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forest Hills goes to work

Brentwood6.4 mi away

8%142

Franklin10.8 mi away

7%125

Berry Hill5.1 mi away

2%43

Memphis188.1 mi away

2%41

Forest Hills (in town)right here

2%35

Smyrna18.6 mi away

1%20

Mount Juliet20.3 mi away

1%20

Chattanooga113 mi away

1%20

Murfreesboro27.6 mi away

1%18

Goodlettsville19.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

74%1,351

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

How far

How far Forest Hills commutes

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

73%

11%

73%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Hills is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Hills are

656 jobs are based in Forest Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Forest Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Forest Hills

656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Forest Hills residents hold

1,830 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+12%

Jobs based in Forest Hills, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 656. 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.

Work & commute in Forest Hills, TN

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Forest Hills goes to work

How far Forest Hills commutes

Forest Hills is a commuter town

What the jobs in Forest Hills are

Jobs based in Forest Hills

Jobs Forest Hills residents hold

How to read this page

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