Work & commute · Obion

Work & commute in Obion, TN

Most working residents leave Obion for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Union City (31%), Dyersburg (11%) and Martin (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 417 Obion residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Obion.

417live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Obion goes to work

Union City14 mi away

31%132

Dyersburg18.1 mi away

11%46

Martin19.3 mi away

5%21

Troy6.1 mi away

4%16

Memphis90.7 mi away

3%13

Jackson45.6 mi away

3%13

Newbern10.8 mi away

3%12

Obion (in town)right here

2%10

Collierville88.2 mi away

1%6

Knoxville292.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%153

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

How far

How far Obion commutes

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

10%

58%

11%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Obion is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Obion are

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

Jobs based in Obion

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Obion residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−25%

Jobs based in Obion, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 101. 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.