Work & commute · Lewisburg

Work & commute in Lewisburg, TN

About one in 3 of Lewisburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Franklin (8%), Columbia (6%) and Murfreesboro (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,564 of 5,296 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,732 Lewisburg residents head out of town to work, 1,564 work right here, and 5,862 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewisburg.

3,732live here, work elsewhere

1,564live and work here

5,862work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewisburg goes to work

Lewisburg (in town)right here

30%1,564

Franklin32.1 mi away

8%398

Columbia18.6 mi away

6%307

Murfreesboro34.7 mi away

4%195

Shelbyville19.3 mi away

3%160

Brentwood37.5 mi away

2%119

Spring Hill21.3 mi away

2%113

Smyrna38.7 mi away

2%92

Chattanooga91 mi away

1%63

Pulaski22.5 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,225

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

How far

How far Lewisburg commutes

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

31%

18%

34%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewisburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewisburg are

7,426 jobs are based in Lewisburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewisburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewisburg

7,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lewisburg residents hold

5,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+19%

Jobs based in Lewisburg, 2013 → 2023: 6,264 → 7,426. 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.