Work & commute · Belle Meade

Work & commute in Belle Meade, TN

Most working residents leave Belle Meade for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brentwood (6%), Franklin (5%) and Berry Hill (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 1,068 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,049 Belle Meade residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 915 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Meade.

1,049live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

915work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Meade goes to work

Brentwood8.7 mi away

6%59

Franklin12.8 mi away

5%49

Berry Hill5.1 mi away

2%24

Memphis187.7 mi away

2%20

Belle Meade (in town)right here

2%19

Murfreesboro29.7 mi away

1%16

La Vergne17.4 mi away

1%11

Chattanooga115.2 mi away

1%10

Knoxville162.7 mi away

1%8

Goodlettsville18.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

79%845

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

How far

How far Belle Meade commutes

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

75%

13%

75%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Meade is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Meade are

934 jobs are based in Belle Meade. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Meade’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Meade

934 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Belle Meade residents hold

1,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+3%

Jobs based in Belle Meade, 2013 → 2023: 907 → 934. 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.