Work & commute · Gallaway

Work & commute in Gallaway, TN

Most working residents leave Gallaway for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (43%), Somerville (6%) and Collierville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Gallaway residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gallaway.

212live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gallaway goes to work

Memphis25 mi away

43%94

Somerville14.5 mi away

6%13

Collierville19.4 mi away

4%8

Lakeland7.7 mi away

3%7

Arlington5.6 mi away

3%7

Bartlett13.4 mi away

3%6

Jackson49.3 mi away

3%6

Gallaway (in town)right here

2%5

Covington17.1 mi away

2%5

Oakland7.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%61

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

How far

How far Gallaway commutes

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

16%

47%

26%

12%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gallaway is a job hub

2.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gallaway are

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

Jobs based in Gallaway

569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Gallaway residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+15%

Jobs based in Gallaway, 2013 → 2023: 494 → 569. 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.