Work & commute · McKenzie

Work & commute in McKenzie, TN

About one in 5 of McKenzie’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Huntingdon (8%), Paris (8%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

451 of 2,118 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,667 McKenzie residents head out of town to work, 451 work right here, and 1,475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKenzie.

1,667live here, work elsewhere

451live and work here

1,475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKenzie goes to work

McKenzie (in town)right here

21%451

Huntingdon10.3 mi away

8%172

Paris15.5 mi away

8%162

Jackson37.9 mi away

5%105

Martin23.7 mi away

4%79

Dresden14.6 mi away

3%60

Milan20.8 mi away

3%53

Clarksville71.1 mi away

2%36

Memphis108.5 mi away

2%35

Chattanooga197.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%938

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

How far

How far McKenzie commutes

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

31%

30%

12%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKenzie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McKenzie are

1,926 jobs are based in McKenzie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McKenzie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McKenzie

1,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs McKenzie residents hold

2,118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−42%

Jobs based in McKenzie, 2013 → 2023: 3,325 → 1,926. 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.