Work & commute · Manchester

Work & commute in Manchester, TN

About one in 4 of Manchester’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Murfreesboro (9%), Tullahoma (9%) and Smyrna (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,113 of 4,864 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,751 Manchester residents head out of town to work, 1,113 work right here, and 6,933 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manchester.

3,751live here, work elsewhere

1,113live and work here

6,933work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manchester goes to work

Manchester (in town)right here

23%1,113

Murfreesboro33.3 mi away

9%434

Tullahoma10.3 mi away

9%433

Smyrna43.2 mi away

4%173

Shelbyville21.5 mi away

2%116

Winchester19 mi away

2%103

Chattanooga54 mi away

2%94

Franklin53.7 mi away

1%72

Huntsville, AL63 mi away

1%71

McMinnville22.5 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,193

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

How far

How far Manchester commutes

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

36%

18%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manchester is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Manchester are

8,046 jobs are based in Manchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Manchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Manchester

8,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Manchester residents hold

4,864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+3%

Jobs based in Manchester, 2013 → 2023: 7,807 → 8,046. 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.