Work & commute · Iron

Work & commute in Iron, TN

Most working residents leave Iron for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (19%), Loretto (11%) and Florence (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Iron residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron.

109live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iron goes to work

Lawrenceburg21.2 mi away

19%21

Loretto9.2 mi away

11%12

Florence, AL14 mi away

10%11

Fayetteville58.5 mi away

3%3

Memphis134.9 mi away

3%3

Muscle Shoals, AL19.5 mi away

2%2

Paducah, KY153.4 mi away

2%2

Collinwood13.8 mi away

2%2

Pulaski33.4 mi away

2%2

Columbia51.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%49

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

How far

How far Iron commutes

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

12%

45%

37%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iron is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iron are

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

Jobs based in Iron

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Iron residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−46%

Jobs based in Iron, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 27. 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.