Work & commute · Goodlettsville

Work & commute in Goodlettsville, TN

Most working residents leave Goodlettsville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Berry Hill (6%), Hendersonville (6%) and Gallatin (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

656 of 8,480 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,824 Goodlettsville residents head out of town to work, 656 work right here, and 11,795 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodlettsville.

7,824live here, work elsewhere

656live and work here

11,795work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodlettsville goes to work

Goodlettsville (in town)right here

8%656

Berry Hill15.1 mi away

6%475

Hendersonville5.9 mi away

6%472

Gallatin13.6 mi away

4%323

Franklin30.1 mi away

2%197

Brentwood23.7 mi away

2%161

Mount Juliet14 mi away

2%129

Murfreesboro36.6 mi away

1%118

Memphis201.7 mi away

1%117

Knoxville155.7 mi away

1%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%5,744

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

How far

How far Goodlettsville commutes

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

28%

56%

10%

28%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodlettsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Goodlettsville are

12,451 jobs are based in Goodlettsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Goodlettsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Goodlettsville

12,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Goodlettsville residents hold

8,480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+17%

Jobs based in Goodlettsville, 2013 → 2023: 10,662 → 12,451. 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.