Work & commute · Memphis

Work & commute in Memphis, FL

Most working residents leave Memphis for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bradenton (15%), St. Petersburg (5%) and Tampa (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 4,077 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 4,000 Memphis residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 1,032 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Memphis.

4,000live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

1,032work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Memphis goes to work

Bradenton4 mi away

15%592

St. Petersburg16.1 mi away

5%203

Tampa29.6 mi away

5%194

Palmetto1.8 mi away

4%182

Sarasota14.3 mi away

4%174

South Bradenton6.1 mi away

2%87

Lakewood Ranch13.3 mi away

2%82

Memphis (in town)right here

2%77

Fruitville15.8 mi away

2%64

Ellenton2.3 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%2,363

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

How far

How far Memphis commutes

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

42%

24%

16%

18%

42%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Memphis is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Memphis are

1,109 jobs are based in Memphis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Memphis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Memphis

1,109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Memphis residents hold

4,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Memphis, 2013 → 2023: 1,468 → 1,109. 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.