These Are The 10 Hardest Working Places In Tennessee

America has been known as the land of opportunity for as long as I can remember. It’s the one place in the world where if you bare down and work your nose to the grindstone, you can make a better life for your family and yourself.

And while everyone in Tennessee works hard, there’s a certain part of the Volunteer State that takes the Puritan work ethic to the extreme — the hardest working places in Tennessee .

Who’s the leader of this work around the clock ethos? That would be Arlington which takes top honors for the hardest working place in Tennessee. People work so hard there they manage to make getting to work a job.

So what other places burn the midnight oil to bring home a large piece of bacon? You’re going to have to get to the office early and stay late on Fridays to beat out these places in Tennessee for a promotion:

1. Arlington
2. Spring Hill
3. Brentwood
4. Collierville
5. Nolensville
6. Green Hill
7. Germantown
8. Lakeland
9. Franklin
10. Signal Mountain

So listen up Newport as we explain how we created this ranking, you could learn some things from the rest of the state.

How We Determined The Hardest Working Places In The Volunteer State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2009-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for each State:

• Average hours worked
• Average commute time
• Workers per household (Employed labor force divided by the number households)
• Labor force participation rate
• Adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you are spent the many years getting a degree, are actively seeking employment, work a ton of hours when employed, and spend forever getting to work, you get the Zippia hardworking stamp of approval.

After we got the data for all 105 places in Tennessee, we ranked each place from 1 to 105 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “hardest working”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a hardworking index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest hard working index the “Hardest Working Place In Tennessee”. And, at the end of the day, Arlington had it’s hard work pay off.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Arlington

Population: 11,623College Graduates: 42.3%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 38.9
Workers Per Household: 1.8

2. Spring Hill

Population: 31,467College Graduates: 42.8%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.5
Workers Per Household: 1.6

3. Brentwood

Population: 39,059College Graduates: 67.9%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.0
Workers Per Household: 1.5

4. Collierville

Population: 46,780College Graduates: 52.7%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.7
Workers Per Household: 1.6

5. Nolensville

Population: 6,131College Graduates: 58.5%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 37.7
Workers Per Household: 1.5

6. Green Hill

Population: 6,667 College Graduates: 29.9%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 38.5
Workers Per Household: 1.5

7. Germantown

Population: 39,207College Graduates: 65.1%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.3
Workers Per Household: 1.4

8. Lakeland

Population: 12,549College Graduates: 44.0%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.6
Workers Per Household: 1.4

9. Franklin

Population: 66,596College Graduates: 56.1%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.8
Workers Per Household: 1.4

10. Signal Mountain

Population: 8,416College Graduates: 66.4%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.5
Workers Per Household: 1.2

Detailed List Of Hardest Places In Tennessee

City	Rank	Population	College Graduates	Average Hours Worked Per Week	Workers Per Household
Arlington	1	11,623	42.3%	38.9	1.8
Spring Hill	2	31,467	42.8%	39.5	1.6
Brentwood	3	39,059	67.9%	40.0	1.5
Collierville	4	46,780	52.7%	39.7	1.6
Nolensville	5	6,131	58.5%	37.7	1.5
Green Hill	6	6,667	29.9%	38.5	1.5
Germantown	7	39,207	65.1%	40.3	1.4
Lakeland	8	12,549	44.0%	39.6	1.4
Franklin	9	66,596	56.1%	39.8	1.4
Signal Mountain	10	8,416	66.4%	40.5	1.2
Bartlett	11	57,805	35.5%	39.4	1.5
Hendersonville	12	53,257	32.5%	40.0	1.4
Mount Juliet	13	27,053	34.3%	40.0	1.5
Farragut	14	21,111	60.7%	38.6	1.4
White House	15	10,618	25.4%	40.1	1.5
Fairview	16	8,020	25.8%	38.1	1.4
Oakland	17	6,944	31.5%	42.1	1.4
Smyrna	18	42,235	23.6%	40.0	1.5
Murfreesboro	19	114,660	37.0%	38.0	1.5
Nashville	20	624,261	35.8%	38.7	1.4
Middle Valley	21	13,282	26.2%	38.3	1.3
Atoka	22	8,727	23.8%	39.9	1.5
Jonesborough	23	5,138	29.5%	39.7	1.1
La Vergne	24	33,637	18.6%	39.6	1.7
Maryville	25	27,824	35.1%	37.8	1.2
Johnson City	26	64,614	38.9%	36.6	1.2
Harrison	27	7,595	23.1%	36.7	1.4
Gallatin	28	31,800	20.8%	40.1	1.3
Millersville	29	6,481	13.5%	41.1	1.5
Collegedale	30	9,488	33.2%	34.2	1.6
East Ridge	31	21,220	20.2%	38.9	1.2
Pigeon Forge	32	6,004	14.5%	42.6	1.4
Sevierville	33	15,592	18.1%	38.6	1.4
Red Bank	34	11,759	25.6%	36.7	1.3
Goodlettsville	35	16,466	28.8%	37.7	1.3
Clarksville	36	140,563	23.6%	40.8	1.4
Seymour	37	10,703	16.1%	39.4	1.3
Knoxville	38	181,759	29.9%	37.1	1.1
Oak Ridge	39	29,301	40.8%	38.3	1.2
Millington	40	11,152	17.9%	39.2	1.3
Greenbrier	41	6,550	18.8%	38.7	1.4
Dickson	42	14,814	13.3%	39.1	1.2
Portland	43	11,853	13.5%	40.2	1.4
Jackson	44	67,190	27.9%	37.4	1.3
Munford	45	6,001	12.4%	39.7	1.5
Chattanooga	46	171,863	26.3%	37.8	1.2
Lebanon	47	27,847	21.7%	38.8	1.3
Manchester	48	10,223	18.0%	40.5	1.1
Fairfield Glade	49	7,754	36.4%	36.8	0.4
Cleveland	50	42,331	24.3%	37.1	1.3
Soddy-Daisy	51	13,109	18.4%	38.7	1.2
Tellico Village	52	6,385	62.3%	36.0	0.5
Memphis	53	656,715	24.7%	37.9	1.3
Clinton	54	9,874	21.3%	37.9	1.0
Church Hill	55	6,742	15.8%	37.8	1.2
Springfield	56	16,598	13.4%	39.4	1.3
Alcoa	57	8,556	18.5%	39.3	1.1
Bristol	58	26,705	22.4%	37.5	1.1
Lynchburg	59	6,348	13.9%	38.8	1.4
Mount Carmel	60	5,443	14.1%	40.8	1.1
Athens	61	13,603	23.2%	38.4	1.1
Loudon	62	5,606	10.5%	39.6	1.2
Hartsville/Trousdale County	63	7,859	11.9%	38.5	1.3
South Cleveland	64	5,951	12.7%	39.0	1.4
McKenzie	65	5,561	27.6%	32.9	1.1
Martin	66	11,396	28.2%	33.7	1.3
Winchester	67	8,493	21.5%	40.5	1.0
Dyersburg	68	16,998	24.1%	39.0	1.0
Columbia	69	35,207	16.9%	38.7	1.2
Kingston	70	5,888	16.9%	37.5	1.0
Kingsport	71	52,835	25.4%	37.8	1.0
Tullahoma	72	18,900	23.6%	38.6	1.1
Jefferson City	73	8,342	20.3%	36.5	1.3
McMinnville	74	13,600	12.1%	40.0	1.0
Milan	75	7,826	16.4%	39.7	1.2
Pulaski	76	7,734	16.2%	39.7	1.0
Henderson	77	6,429	16.7%	37.0	1.4
Cookeville	78	31,004	27.1%	35.8	1.1
Greeneville	79	15,015	21.4%	37.9	1.0
Lexington	80	7,771	18.1%	40.1	1.1
Elizabethton	81	14,322	20.9%	37.5	1.0
Morristown	82	29,152	16.4%	38.4	1.1
Shelbyville	83	20,616	8.2%	37.9	1.1
Brownsville	84	10,079	15.9%	38.5	1.1
Crossville	85	11,125	18.3%	36.5	1.0
Union City	86	10,791	19.4%	39.7	1.0
Lewisburg	87	11,252	10.1%	39.0	1.2
Fayetteville	88	6,991	16.7%	40.6	1.0
Lenoir City	89	8,867	11.1%	37.9	1.2
Paris	90	10,165	14.4%	38.1	1.0
Sweetwater	91	5,856	12.2%	39.0	1.0
Covington	92	9,033	9.0%	38.0	1.2
Bolivar	93	5,275	10.7%	36.8	1.1
Ripley	94	8,350	14.4%	37.8	1.0
Dayton	95	7,316	10.3%	38.0	1.1
Bloomingdale	96	9,882	7.6%	36.7	1.1
Humboldt	97	8,363	8.3%	37.5	1.0
Savannah	98	7,029	13.0%	37.2	1.0
Rockwood	99	5,480	6.1%	38.8	0.9
Erwin	100	6,052	12.4%	39.3	0.9
Sparta	101	5,036	8.4%	37.8	0.9
Harriman	102	6,296	11.6%	40.1	0.9
Lawrenceburg	103	10,440	9.4%	39.0	1.0
La Follette	104	7,304	7.8%	37.6	0.8
Newport	105	6,890	5.9%	35.9	0.9