Work & commute · Middleton

Work & commute in Middleton, TN

Most working residents leave Middleton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bolivar (18%), Jackson (11%) and Memphis (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

26 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 200 Middleton residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 1,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleton.

200live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

1,185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleton goes to work

Bolivar15 mi away

18%40

Middleton (in town)right here

12%26

Jackson40.8 mi away

11%25

Memphis60.8 mi away

6%13

Selmer18.3 mi away

3%7

Collierville45.4 mi away

3%7

Walnut, MS8.4 mi away

3%6

Moscow27.6 mi away

3%6

Corinth, MS23.1 mi away

2%5

Whiteville22.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%86

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

How far

How far Middleton commutes

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

18%

29%

25%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleton is a job hub

5.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleton are

1,211 jobs are based in Middleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middleton

1,211 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Middleton residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−4%

Jobs based in Middleton, 2013 → 2023: 1,265 → 1,211. 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.