Work & commute · Dyer

Work & commute in Dyer, TN

Most working residents leave Dyer for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (13%), Trenton (12%) and Humboldt (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 954 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 872 Dyer residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dyer.

872live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dyer goes to work

Jackson29.9 mi away

13%125

Trenton7.3 mi away

12%119

Dyer (in town)right here

9%82

Humboldt17.6 mi away

6%58

Union City24.7 mi away

6%56

Dyersburg21.5 mi away

4%42

Memphis86.1 mi away

4%42

Milan17.4 mi away

3%24

Newbern15.8 mi away

2%18

Martin20 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%373

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

How far

How far Dyer commutes

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

30%

21%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dyer is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dyer are

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

Jobs based in Dyer

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Dyer residents hold

954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−24%

Jobs based in Dyer, 2013 → 2023: 561 → 426. 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.