Work & commute · La Vergne

Work & commute in La Vergne, TN

Most working residents leave La Vergne for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Smyrna (9%), Murfreesboro (7%) and Franklin (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,997 of 18,805 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16,808 La Vergne residents head out of town to work, 1,997 work right here, and 20,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Vergne.

16,808live here, work elsewhere

1,997live and work here

20,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Vergne goes to work

La Vergne (in town)right here

11%1,997

Smyrna4.1 mi away

9%1,679

Murfreesboro14 mi away

7%1,301

Franklin18 mi away

5%927

Brentwood12 mi away

4%676

Berry Hill13.4 mi away

3%519

Lebanon17 mi away

2%377

Mount Juliet12.7 mi away

2%355

Memphis201.7 mi away

2%308

Chattanooga99 mi away

1%166

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%10,500

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

How far

How far La Vergne commutes

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

31%

56%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Vergne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Vergne are

22,377 jobs are based in La Vergne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Vergne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in La Vergne

22,377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs La Vergne residents hold

18,805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+85%

Jobs based in La Vergne, 2013 → 2023: 12,072 → 22,377. 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.