Work & commute · Lakeland

Work & commute in Lakeland, TN

Most working residents leave Lakeland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (58%), Bartlett (7%) and Collierville (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

259 of 6,055 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,796 Lakeland residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 1,855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeland.

5,796live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

1,855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeland goes to work

Memphis17.4 mi away

58%3,500

Bartlett5.7 mi away

7%400

Collierville14.9 mi away

5%303

Lakeland (in town)right here

4%259

Germantown12.9 mi away

4%217

Arlington3.7 mi away

3%181

Olive Branch, MS22.2 mi away

1%49

Millington11 mi away

1%49

Jackson56.9 mi away

1%45

Covington21.4 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%1,017

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

How far

How far Lakeland commutes

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

29%

58%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeland is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeland are

2,114 jobs are based in Lakeland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lakeland

2,114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lakeland residents hold

6,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+108%

Jobs based in Lakeland, 2013 → 2023: 1,016 → 2,114. 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.