Work & commute · Alamo

Work & commute in Alamo, TN

Most working residents leave Alamo for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (23%), Bells (9%) and Brownsville (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

137 of 1,008 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 871 Alamo residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 1,020 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alamo.

871live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

1,020work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alamo goes to work

Jackson17.9 mi away

23%229

Alamo (in town)right here

14%137

Bells4.7 mi away

9%90

Brownsville15.6 mi away

4%37

Union City44.7 mi away

3%32

Memphis66.8 mi away

3%32

Dyersburg23.4 mi away

3%29

Humboldt12.3 mi away

2%23

Ripley23.5 mi away

2%16

Trenton16.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%371

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

How far

How far Alamo commutes

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

35%

39%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alamo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alamo are

1,157 jobs are based in Alamo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alamo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alamo

1,157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Alamo residents hold

1,008 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+31%

Jobs based in Alamo, 2013 → 2023: 881 → 1,157. 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.