Work & commute · Lake Tansi

Work & commute in Lake Tansi, TN

Most working residents leave Lake Tansi for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Crossville (42%), Cookeville (4%) and Knoxville (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,664 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,604 Lake Tansi residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Tansi.

1,604live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Tansi goes to work

Crossville5.9 mi away

42%706

Cookeville31.7 mi away

4%72

Lake Tansi (in town)right here

4%60

Knoxville62.6 mi away

3%53

Chattanooga56.6 mi away

2%26

Fairfield Glade14 mi away

1%20

Murfreesboro76.2 mi away

1%18

Lebanon75.3 mi away

1%17

Sparta23.5 mi away

1%16

Franklin100.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%661

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

How far

How far Lake Tansi commutes

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

50%

13%

29%

50%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Tansi is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Tansi are

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

Jobs based in Lake Tansi

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Lake Tansi residents hold

1,664 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Lake Tansi, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 191. 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.