Work & commute · Atoka

Work & commute in Atoka, TN

Most working residents leave Atoka for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (47%), Covington (8%) and Millington (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 4,397 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,230 Atoka residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atoka.

4,230live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atoka goes to work

Memphis24.2 mi away

47%2,086

Covington12.3 mi away

8%347

Millington9.1 mi away

5%216

Bartlett13.4 mi away

4%191

Atoka (in town)right here

4%167

Collierville26.5 mi away

2%108

Germantown23.8 mi away

2%101

Munford2.1 mi away

2%83

Jackson55.6 mi away

2%70

Arlington13.8 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%963

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

How far

How far Atoka commutes

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

13%

53%

22%

12%

13%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atoka is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atoka are

1,313 jobs are based in Atoka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Atoka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Atoka

1,313 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Atoka residents hold

4,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+28%

Jobs based in Atoka, 2013 → 2023: 1,029 → 1,313. 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.