Work & commute · Brentwood

Work & commute in Brentwood, TN

Most working residents leave Brentwood for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (15%), Smyrna (2%) and Memphis (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2,286 of 19,561 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,275 Brentwood residents head out of town to work, 2,286 work right here, and 46,571 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brentwood.

17,275live here, work elsewhere

2,286live and work here

46,571work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brentwood goes to work

Franklin7.2 mi away

15%2,987

Brentwood (in town)right here

12%2,286

Smyrna13.7 mi away

2%426

Memphis189.9 mi away

2%352

Murfreesboro21.8 mi away

2%345

Berry Hill8.7 mi away

2%326

Chattanooga107 mi away

1%234

La Vergne12 mi away

1%216

Nolensville6.1 mi away

1%191

Knoxville157.8 mi away

1%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%12,026

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

How far

How far Brentwood commutes

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

46%

39%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brentwood is a job hub

2.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brentwood are

48,857 jobs are based in Brentwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brentwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brentwood

48,857 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Brentwood residents hold

19,561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+33%

Jobs based in Brentwood, 2013 → 2023: 36,782 → 48,857. 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.