Work & commute · New Union

Work & commute in New Union, TN

Most working residents leave New Union for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (22%), Murfreesboro (11%) and Tullahoma (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 641 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 641 New Union residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Union.

641live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where New Union goes to work

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1
Manchester4.9 mi away
22%143
2
Murfreesboro29.1 mi away
11%73
3
Tullahoma13.4 mi away
7%47
4
Smyrna39.1 mi away
4%25
5
Shelbyville20.9 mi away
3%18
6
Winchester23.8 mi away
2%11
7
Franklin50.5 mi away
1%7
8
Brentwood50 mi away
1%7
9
Memphis221 mi away
1%7
10
Huntsville, AL66.8 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%297

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

How far

How far New Union commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

New Union is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Union are

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

Jobs based in New Union

22 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities68%
Services (health, schools, offices…)27%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs New Union residents hold

641 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−29%

Jobs based in New Union, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 22. 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.

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