Work & commute · Charlotte

Work & commute in Charlotte, TN

Most working residents leave Charlotte for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dickson (19%), Franklin (6%) and Clarksville (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 842 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 808 Charlotte residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlotte.

808live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlotte goes to work

Dickson8.6 mi away

19%163

Franklin33.1 mi away

6%49

Charlotte (in town)right here

4%34

Clarksville26.3 mi away

4%30

White Bluff9.2 mi away

2%21

Brentwood34.4 mi away

2%18

Memphis165.3 mi away

2%18

Berry Hill32.2 mi away

2%16

Ashland City17.7 mi away

2%16

Murfreesboro56.2 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%463

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

How far

How far Charlotte commutes

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

29%

12%

44%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlotte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlotte are

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

Jobs based in Charlotte

847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Charlotte residents hold

842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+22%

Jobs based in Charlotte, 2013 → 2023: 697 → 847. 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.