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Work & commute · Kenton

Work & commute in Kenton, TN

Most working residents leave Kenton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Union City (19%), Dyersburg (8%) and Trenton (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
13 of 490 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
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 477 Kenton residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenton.

477live here, work elsewhere
13live and work here
124work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Kenton goes to work

West MemphisBertrandRutherfordKentonDyerNewbernTrentonHumboldtMartinUnion CityDyersburgMemphisJacksonClarksvilleUnion CityDyersburgTrentonJacksonMartinDyerNewbernHumboldtMemphisKenton
1
Union City15.6 mi away
19%91
2
Dyersburg22.8 mi away
8%39
3
Trenton16.4 mi away
7%34
4
Jackson38.9 mi away
6%31
5
Martin13.2 mi away
6%29
6
Kenton (in town)right here
3%13
7
Dyer9.1 mi away
2%11
8
Newbern15.3 mi away
2%11
9
Humboldt26.7 mi away
2%11
10
Memphis92.5 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%209

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

How far

How far Kenton commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
56%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kenton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenton are

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

Jobs based in Kenton

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities61%
Services (health, schools, offices…)15%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Kenton residents hold

490 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+7%

Jobs based in Kenton, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 137. 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.

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