Work & commute · Burlison

Work & commute in Burlison, TN

Most working residents leave Burlison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (24%), Memphis (23%) and Ripley (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 168 Burlison residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 532 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burlison.

168live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

532work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burlison goes to work

Covington7.7 mi away

24%42

Memphis32.6 mi away

23%39

Ripley19.2 mi away

6%10

Atoka9.1 mi away

3%5

Bartlett22.4 mi away

3%5

Garland2.8 mi away

2%4

Burlison (in town)right here

2%4

Dyersburg40.8 mi away

2%4

Germantown32.8 mi away

2%4

Jackson53.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%51

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

How far

How far Burlison commutes

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

30%

22%

35%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burlison is a job hub

3.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burlison are

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

Jobs based in Burlison

536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)99%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Burlison residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+229%

Jobs based in Burlison, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 536. 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.