Work & commute · Fowlkes

Work & commute in Fowlkes, TN

Most working residents leave Fowlkes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dyersburg (38%), Jackson (10%) and Memphis (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 356 Fowlkes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fowlkes.

356live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fowlkes goes to work

Dyersburg5.2 mi away

38%136

Jackson37.7 mi away

10%36

Memphis68 mi away

4%13

Newbern11.9 mi away

3%10

Ripley17.7 mi away

3%10

Union City36.7 mi away

2%7

Caruthersville, MO21.3 mi away

2%6

Alamo20 mi away

2%6

Trenton24.7 mi away

1%5

Covington31.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%123

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

How far

How far Fowlkes commutes

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

43%

16%

20%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fowlkes is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fowlkes are

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

Jobs based in Fowlkes

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Fowlkes residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−21%

Jobs based in Fowlkes, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 33. 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.