Work & commute · Monterey

Work & commute in Monterey, TN

Most working residents leave Monterey for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Cookeville (28%), Crossville (9%) and Sparta (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

137 of 974 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 837 Monterey residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 1,188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monterey.

837live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

1,188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monterey goes to work

Cookeville13.9 mi away

28%268

Monterey (in town)right here

14%137

Crossville18.7 mi away

9%91

Sparta18.6 mi away

3%30

Knoxville74.4 mi away

2%23

Chattanooga74.5 mi away

2%22

Livingston17.1 mi away

2%19

Murfreesboro67.7 mi away

2%19

Algood10.9 mi away

1%12

Lebanon60.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%344

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

How far

How far Monterey commutes

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

16%

50%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monterey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monterey are

1,325 jobs are based in Monterey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monterey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monterey

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Monterey residents hold

974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Monterey, 2013 → 2023: 1,539 → 1,325. 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.