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Work & commute · Clifton

Work & commute in Clifton, TN

Most working residents leave Clifton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (15%), Columbia (3%) and Memphis (3%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
59 of 668 working residents
Typical commute
51 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 609 Clifton residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clifton.

609live here, work elsewhere
59live and work here
528work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clifton goes to work

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1
Waynesboro13.6 mi away
15%103
2
Clifton (in town)right here
9%59
3
Columbia56 mi away
3%20
4
Memphis113.1 mi away
3%20
5
Savannah17.5 mi away
3%17
6
Lawrenceburg38.2 mi away
3%17
7
Murfreesboro94.1 mi away
3%17
8
Florence, AL42.2 mi away
2%15
9
Franklin73.9 mi away
2%12
10
Chattanooga156.3 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%377

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

How far

How far Clifton commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
29%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
50%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clifton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clifton are

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

Jobs based in Clifton

587 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)96%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Clifton residents hold

668 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+8%

Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 542 → 587. 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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