Work & commute · Palmersville

Work & commute in Palmersville, TN

Most working residents leave Palmersville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dresden (14%), Martin (11%) and Union City (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 69 Palmersville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palmersville.

69live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palmersville goes to work

Dresden10.9 mi away

14%10

Martin15.6 mi away

11%8

Union City25.8 mi away

9%6

Greenfield20.9 mi away

4%3

Paris17.3 mi away

4%3

Memphis118.7 mi away

4%3

Mayfield, KY23 mi away

3%2

Murray, KY20.3 mi away

3%2

Parsons58.3 mi away

3%2

Dyersburg50.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%29

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

How far

How far Palmersville commutes

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

50%

19%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palmersville is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palmersville are

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

Jobs based in Palmersville

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Palmersville residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+157%

Jobs based in Palmersville, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 18. 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.