Work & commute · Bell Buckle

Work & commute in Bell Buckle, TN

Most working residents leave Bell Buckle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Shelbyville (19%), Murfreesboro (14%) and Smyrna (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 181 Bell Buckle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bell Buckle.

181live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bell Buckle goes to work

Shelbyville8.3 mi away

19%34

Murfreesboro18.6 mi away

14%26

Smyrna27.9 mi away

4%8

Franklin35.8 mi away

4%7

Brentwood36.4 mi away

3%5

La Vergne32 mi away

2%4

Tullahoma16.8 mi away

2%3

Cookeville60.8 mi away

2%3

Memphis206.4 mi away

2%3

Bowling Green, KY95.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%87

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

How far

How far Bell Buckle commutes

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

22%

26%

38%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bell Buckle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bell Buckle are

187 jobs are based in Bell Buckle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bell Buckle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bell Buckle

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bell Buckle residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+53%

Jobs based in Bell Buckle, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 187. 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.