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Work & commute in New Deal · A commuter town

100% of New Deal’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave New Deal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gallatin (12%), Portland (10%) and White House (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Work in town
0%
1 of 202 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
More than TN (26 min)
Work from home
5%
Less than TN (13%)
Jobs based here
41
A commuter town

What kind of work town is New Deal?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

12% of working residents work in Gallatin

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Franklin: 3 residents work here (1%)Bowling Green: 3 residents work here (1%)PortsmouthBerry Hill: 4 residents work here (2%)WestmorelandWhite House: 14 residents work here (7%)Goodlettsville: 5 residents work here (2%)SpringfieldPortland: 20 residents work here (10%)ShelbyvilleCookevilleFranklin: 4 residents work here (2%)Gallatin: 25 residents work here (12%)Hendersonville: 13 residents work here (6%)Hartsville/Trousdale CountyMurfreesboro: 4 residents work here (2%)New DealGallatinPortlandWhite HouseHendersonvilleGoodlettsvilleBerry HillNew Deal
1
Gallatin10.6 mi away
12%25
2
Portland6.1 mi away
10%20
3
White House6.8 mi away
7%14
4
Hendersonville14.4 mi away
6%13
5
Goodlettsville14.8 mi away
2%5
6
Berry Hill29.5 mi away
2%4
7
Franklin44.5 mi away
2%4
8
Murfreesboro46.3 mi away
2%4
9
Franklin, KY14.1 mi away
1%3
10
Bowling Green, KY32.8 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%107
The top trips

Where New Deal clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

New Deal quiets down on a workday

On a workday 201 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.

201live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday65
230live here− 200head out to work+ 40come in to work= 65on a workday

About 65 people are in New Deal on a workday afternoon, 71% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of New Deal commutes less than 24 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miGallatin: 12% · 10.6 miPortland: 10% · 6.1 miWhite House: 7% · 6.8 miHendersonville: 6% · 14.4 miGoodlettsville: 2% · 14.8 miBerry Hill: 2% · 29.5 miFranklin: 2% · 44.5 miMurfreesboro: 2% · 46.3 miFranklin: 1% · 14.1 miBowling Green: 1% · 32.8 miGallatin 12%Portland 10%White House 7%Hendersonville 6%Goodlettsville 2%New Deal
New DealTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi38 residents
32%10–24 mi64 residents
42%25–50 mi84 residents
7%Over 50 mi15 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

New Deal makes things: 34% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in New DealJobs New Deal residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms34%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices66%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%21%
Over $3,333 a month49%69%

Who does it

29 or younger24%23%
30 to 5439%55%
55 and older37%21%
+310%

Jobs based in New Deal, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 41. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Tennessee

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
215 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

New Deal28 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of New Deal workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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