Work & commute · Millington

Work & commute in Millington, TN

Most working residents leave Millington for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (57%), Bartlett (5%) and Collierville (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

416 of 4,244 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,828 Millington residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 4,535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millington.

3,828live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

4,535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millington goes to work

Memphis16 mi away

57%2,426

Millington (in town)right here

10%416

Bartlett8.2 mi away

5%203

Collierville22.8 mi away

3%117

Covington21.4 mi away

2%64

Germantown18.6 mi away

1%63

Arlington14.6 mi away

1%45

Olive Branch, MS26.3 mi away

1%33

Lakeland11 mi away

1%32

Jackson63.8 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%813

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

How far

How far Millington commutes

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

21%

65%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Millington are

4,951 jobs are based in Millington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millington

4,951 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Millington residents hold

4,244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Millington, 2013 → 2023: 4,237 → 4,951. 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.