Work & commute · Linden

Work & commute in Linden, TN

About one in 4 of Linden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Parsons (5%), Hohenwald (5%) and Lexington (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

101 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 287 Linden residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 1,082 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Linden.

287live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

1,082work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Linden goes to work

Linden (in town)right here

26%101

Parsons16 mi away

5%20

Hohenwald16.8 mi away

5%19

Lexington30 mi away

3%13

Franklin59.3 mi away

3%11

Lobelville10 mi away

3%10

Centerville27.1 mi away

2%7

Brentwood65.6 mi away

2%7

Dickson40.9 mi away

2%6

Columbia44.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%188

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

How far

How far Linden commutes

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

28%

19%

14%

38%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Linden is a job hub

3.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Linden are

1,183 jobs are based in Linden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Linden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Linden

1,183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Linden residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+25%

Jobs based in Linden, 2013 → 2023: 944 → 1,183. 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.