Work & commute · Loretto

Work & commute in Loretto, TN

Most working residents leave Loretto for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (28%), Florence (6%) and Muscle Shoals (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

72 of 710 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 638 Loretto residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 524 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loretto.

638live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

524work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loretto goes to work

Lawrenceburg13.1 mi away

28%198

Loretto (in town)right here

10%72

Florence, AL21.5 mi away

6%40

Muscle Shoals, AL25.8 mi away

3%19

Pulaski24.2 mi away

3%18

Columbia43.7 mi away

3%18

Fayetteville49.8 mi away

2%11

Franklin66.4 mi away

2%11

Memphis143 mi away

1%9

Murfreesboro78.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%305

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

How far

How far Loretto commutes

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

14%

41%

12%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loretto is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loretto are

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

Jobs based in Loretto

596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Loretto residents hold

710 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+25%

Jobs based in Loretto, 2013 → 2023: 476 → 596. 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.