Work & commute · Ridgetop

Work & commute in Ridgetop, TN

Most working residents leave Ridgetop for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (7%), Goodlettsville (5%) and Hendersonville (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 997 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 989 Ridgetop residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgetop.

989live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgetop goes to work

Springfield8.5 mi away

7%73

Goodlettsville6.1 mi away

5%52

Hendersonville11.4 mi away

5%45

Berry Hill19.6 mi away

4%35

Greenbrier1.8 mi away

2%23

Clarksville34 mi away

2%20

Franklin34.2 mi away

2%19

Memphis200.5 mi away

2%19

Gallatin16.8 mi away

2%17

Portland18.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%678

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

How far

How far Ridgetop commutes

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

23%

54%

12%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgetop is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgetop are

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

Jobs based in Ridgetop

227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ridgetop residents hold

997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+62%

Jobs based in Ridgetop, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 227. 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.