Work & commute · Dresden

Work & commute in Dresden, TN

About one in 4 of Dresden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Martin (24%), Union City (7%) and Memphis (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

238 of 1,052 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 814 Dresden residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 1,965 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dresden.

814live here, work elsewhere

238live and work here

1,965work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dresden goes to work

Martin9.4 mi away

24%251

Dresden (in town)right here

23%238

Union City21.9 mi away

7%73

Memphis107.8 mi away

4%42

Jackson43.6 mi away

4%42

Paris21.8 mi away

3%27

Greenfield10 mi away

2%23

McKenzie14.6 mi away

2%16

Milan25.6 mi away

1%13

Gleason6.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%318

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

How far

How far Dresden commutes

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

47%

22%

11%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dresden is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dresden are

2,203 jobs are based in Dresden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dresden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dresden

2,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dresden residents hold

1,052 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Dresden, 2013 → 2023: 2,312 → 2,203. 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.