Work & commute · Murfreesboro

Work & commute in Murfreesboro, TN

About one in 4 of Murfreesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Smyrna (7%), Franklin (6%) and La Vergne (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

20,078 of 71,388 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 51,310 Murfreesboro residents head out of town to work, 20,078 work right here, and 49,523 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murfreesboro.

51,310live here, work elsewhere

20,078live and work here

49,523work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murfreesboro goes to work

Murfreesboro (in town)right here

28%20,078

Smyrna10 mi away

7%4,699

Franklin24.5 mi away

6%4,077

La Vergne14 mi away

4%2,650

Brentwood21.8 mi away

3%2,171

Lebanon24.2 mi away

2%1,374

Memphis206.1 mi away

2%1,174

Chattanooga85.6 mi away

1%810

Mount Juliet24.6 mi away

1%778

Berry Hill26.7 mi away

1%730

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%32,847

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

How far

How far Murfreesboro commutes

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

35%

24%

30%

11%

35%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murfreesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murfreesboro are

69,601 jobs are based in Murfreesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Murfreesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Murfreesboro

69,601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Murfreesboro residents hold

71,388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+25%

Jobs based in Murfreesboro, 2013 → 2023: 55,884 → 69,601. 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.