Work & commute · Germantown

Work & commute in Germantown, TN

Most working residents leave Germantown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (63%), Collierville (7%) and Bartlett (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,674 of 17,241 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,567 Germantown residents head out of town to work, 1,674 work right here, and 12,931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Germantown.

15,567live here, work elsewhere

1,674live and work here

12,931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Germantown goes to work

Memphis10.7 mi away

63%10,790

Germantown (in town)right here

10%1,674

Collierville5.3 mi away

7%1,184

Bartlett10.7 mi away

2%408

Olive Branch, MS9.3 mi away

1%225

Southaven, MS14.2 mi away

1%109

Chattanooga256.4 mi away

1%105

Knoxville333.7 mi away

1%95

Jackson66.5 mi away

1%87

Brentwood180.7 mi away

0%85

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%2,479

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

How far

How far Germantown commutes

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

59%

29%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Germantown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Germantown are

14,605 jobs are based in Germantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Germantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Germantown

14,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Germantown residents hold

17,241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+21%

Jobs based in Germantown, 2013 → 2023: 12,097 → 14,605. 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.