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878of 3,144

Cannon, Tennessee

Score 6.68 / 10· population 15,063

Only 31% of Cannon County's workers have jobs inside the county; the other 69% work in other Tennessee counties, and the average trip to work takes 35 minutes. The biggest local employer is the school district, with 312 jobs, followed by Saint Thomas Stones River Hospital in Woodbury, the county seat, with 139. Woodbury sits on U.S. 70S, where roadside stands have sold white oak baskets and wood furniture.

Sources
  • Cannon County workers: 31.1% work within the county of residence, 68.9% outside the county in Tennessee, 0.0% out of state; mean travel time to work 35.4 minutes (2024 ACS 5-year) tn.gov
  • Largest employers: Cannon County School District 312 (Woodbury), Saint Thomas Stones River Hospital 139 (Woodbury); Woodbury is the county seat tnecd.com
  • Woodbury grew around the Memphis-to-Bristol Highway, now U.S. 70S; Cannon County is a regional center for folk decorative arts, with roadside stands and shops along the highway selling white oak baskets and wood furniture tennesseeencyclopedia.net

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.3
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.9
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.1
  2. Life expectancy2.3
  3. Government employees1.0
  4. Single-parent households6.3

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