Work & commute · Decaturville

Work & commute in Decaturville, TN

Most working residents leave Decaturville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Parsons (17%), Jackson (11%) and Lexington (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

47 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Decaturville residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Decaturville.

255live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Decaturville goes to work

Parsons4.8 mi away

17%50

Decaturville (in town)right here

16%47

Jackson40.7 mi away

11%34

Lexington15 mi away

6%19

Memphis109.2 mi away

5%14

Linden15.7 mi away

4%11

Henderson31.7 mi away

2%6

Hohenwald31.9 mi away

1%3

Franklin74.7 mi away

1%3

Collierville96.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%112

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

How far

How far Decaturville commutes

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

38%

14%

22%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Decaturville is a job hub

2.53jobs 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 Decaturville are

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

Jobs based in Decaturville

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Decaturville residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−2%

Jobs based in Decaturville, 2013 → 2023: 777 → 764. 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.