Work & commute · Decherd

Work & commute in Decherd, TN

Most working residents leave Decherd for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Winchester (22%), Tullahoma (8%) and Smyrna (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 988 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 948 Decherd residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 1,077 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Decherd.

948live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

1,077work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Decherd goes to work

Winchester2.6 mi away

22%218

Tullahoma13.6 mi away

8%82

Smyrna58 mi away

6%63

Manchester17.2 mi away

4%43

Decherd (in town)right here

4%40

Murfreesboro48.2 mi away

3%30

Shelbyville29 mi away

2%24

Huntsville, AL49.4 mi away

2%22

Chattanooga47.8 mi away

2%21

Franklin65.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%431

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

How far

How far Decherd commutes

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

32%

23%

13%

32%

32%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Decherd is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Decherd are

1,117 jobs are based in Decherd. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Decherd’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Decherd

1,117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Decherd residents hold

988 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+15%

Jobs based in Decherd, 2013 → 2023: 974 → 1,117. 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.