Work & commute · McEwen

Work & commute in McEwen, TN

Most working residents leave McEwen for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Dickson (23%), Waverly (6%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 520 McEwen residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McEwen.

520live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McEwen goes to work

Dickson15.2 mi away

23%127

McEwen (in town)right here

7%40

Waverly8.4 mi away

6%35

Jackson74.2 mi away

4%20

Clarksville35.4 mi away

4%20

New Johnsonville19.7 mi away

3%15

Memphis148.2 mi away

2%13

Union City81.7 mi away

1%7

White Bluff23.7 mi away

1%6

Chattanooga152.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%271

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

How far

How far McEwen commutes

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

25%

40%

14%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McEwen is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McEwen are

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

Jobs based in McEwen

328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs McEwen residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+22%

Jobs based in McEwen, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 328. 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.