Work & commute · Gleason

Work & commute in Gleason, TN

Most working residents leave Gleason for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dresden (16%), McKenzie (11%) and Martin (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 530 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 514 Gleason residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gleason.

514live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gleason goes to work

Dresden6.6 mi away

16%84

McKenzie8 mi away

11%58

Martin15.8 mi away

9%46

Jackson40.6 mi away

6%32

Paris17.6 mi away

6%31

Huntingdon18.2 mi away

5%28

Memphis108 mi away

3%18

Union City28.3 mi away

3%17

Gleason (in town)right here

3%16

Milan22.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%187

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

How far

How far Gleason commutes

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

35%

31%

15%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gleason is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gleason are

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

Jobs based in Gleason

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Gleason residents hold

530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−44%

Jobs based in Gleason, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 173. 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.