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Work & commute · Chapel Hill

Work & commute in Chapel Hill, TN

Most working residents leave Chapel Hill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (16%), Lewisburg (6%) and Murfreesboro (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
37 of 848 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
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 811 Chapel Hill residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 723 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chapel Hill.

811live here, work elsewhere
37live and work here
723work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chapel Hill goes to work

EaglevilleChapel HillPulaskiLewisburgLa VergneShelbyvilleColumbiaFranklinSmyrnaBrentwoodSpring HillMurfreesboroUnionvilleFranklinLewisburgMurfreesboroBrentwoodSmyrnaShelbyvilleColumbiaSpring HillLa VergneChapel Hill
1
Franklin21.6 mi away
16%135
2
Lewisburg13.3 mi away
6%54
3
Murfreesboro22 mi away
6%54
4
Chapel Hill (in town)right here
4%37
5
Brentwood25.6 mi away
4%35
6
Smyrna25.4 mi away
4%32
7
Shelbyville16.3 mi away
3%27
8
Columbia19.5 mi away
3%27
9
Spring Hill14.5 mi away
3%22
10
La Vergne28.3 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%411

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

How far

How far Chapel Hill commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
34%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chapel Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chapel Hill are

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

Jobs based in Chapel Hill

760 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Chapel Hill residents hold

848 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+75%

Jobs based in Chapel Hill, 2013 → 2023: 435 → 760. 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.

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