Work & commute · Gainesboro

Work & commute in Gainesboro, TN

Most working residents leave Gainesboro for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cookeville (30%), Lebanon (2%) and Murfreesboro (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Gainesboro residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 733 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gainesboro.

370live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

733work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gainesboro goes to work

Cookeville16.8 mi away

30%121

Gainesboro (in town)right here

8%31

Lebanon40.5 mi away

2%10

Murfreesboro55.7 mi away

2%9

Brentwood67.6 mi away

2%7

Sparta31.2 mi away

1%6

Knoxville98.6 mi away

1%6

Gordonsville20.1 mi away

1%5

Smyrna56.1 mi away

1%5

Mount Juliet49.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%196

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

How far

How far Gainesboro commutes

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

13%

40%

12%

35%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gainesboro is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gainesboro are

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

Jobs based in Gainesboro

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Gainesboro residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in Gainesboro, 2013 → 2023: 921 → 764. 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.