Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, TN

About one in 4 of Lebanon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Juliet (5%), Murfreesboro (4%) and Franklin (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

4,705 of 19,035 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,330 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 4,705 work right here, and 25,538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

14,330live here, work elsewhere

4,705live and work here

25,538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Lebanon (in town)right here

25%4,705

Mount Juliet9.2 mi away

5%995

Murfreesboro24.2 mi away

4%671

Franklin34.4 mi away

3%587

Gallatin14.4 mi away

2%424

Brentwood27.6 mi away

2%403

Smyrna18.9 mi away

2%398

Berry Hill24.2 mi away

2%355

La Vergne17 mi away

2%290

Memphis216.9 mi away

1%280

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%9,927

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

29%

36%

25%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

30,243 jobs are based in Lebanon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lebanon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lebanon

30,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

19,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+33%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 22,791 → 30,243. 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.