Work & commute · Gates

Work & commute in Gates, TN

Most working residents leave Gates for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ripley (21%), Dyersburg (12%) and Jackson (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 263 Gates residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gates.

263live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gates goes to work

Ripley9.7 mi away

21%56

Dyersburg14.4 mi away

12%33

Jackson34.4 mi away

9%24

Halls2.8 mi away

8%20

Memphis59.6 mi away

7%19

Covington23.3 mi away

6%17

Brownsville19.3 mi away

2%5

Humboldt28.2 mi away

2%4

Bells19.9 mi away

1%3

Henning14.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%81

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

How far

How far Gates commutes

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

26%

34%

14%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gates is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gates are

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

Jobs based in Gates

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Gates residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−56%

Jobs based in Gates, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 52. 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.