Work & commute · Braden

Work & commute in Braden, TN

Most working residents leave Braden for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (35%), Bartlett (6%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 107 Braden residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Braden.

107live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Braden goes to work

Memphis28.7 mi away

35%39

Bartlett16.8 mi away

6%7

Arlington9.5 mi away

5%6

Collierville23.2 mi away

5%6

Gallaway3.9 mi away

4%4

Somerville14.5 mi away

4%4

Jackson45.9 mi away

4%4

Braden (in town)right here

3%3

Oakland10 mi away

3%3

Leachville, AR53.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%32

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

How far

How far Braden commutes

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

17%

43%

30%

11%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Braden is a job hub

4.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Braden are

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

Jobs based in Braden

518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Braden residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+502%

Jobs based in Braden, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 518. 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.