Work & commute · Big Sandy

Work & commute in Big Sandy, TN

Most working residents leave Big Sandy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (16%), Camden (9%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 133 Big Sandy residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Sandy.

133live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Sandy goes to work

Paris13.1 mi away

16%22

Camden11.6 mi away

9%12

Jackson57.8 mi away

5%7

Big Sandy (in town)right here

4%5

Memphis131.2 mi away

3%4

Waverly19.3 mi away

2%3

Dickson41.6 mi away

2%3

Hendersonville82.8 mi away

2%3

Clarksville47.1 mi away

2%3

New Johnsonville16.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%74

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

How far

How far Big Sandy commutes

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

45%

42%

7%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Sandy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Sandy are

127 jobs are based in Big Sandy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Sandy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Big Sandy

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Big Sandy residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+53%

Jobs based in Big Sandy, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 127. 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.