Work & commute · Pulaski

Work & commute in Pulaski, TN

About one in 3 of Pulaski’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (5%), Columbia (4%) and Lewisburg (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,215 of 3,529 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,314 Pulaski residents head out of town to work, 1,215 work right here, and 5,696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pulaski.

2,314live here, work elsewhere

1,215live and work here

5,696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pulaski goes to work

Pulaski (in town)right here

34%1,215

Lawrenceburg17.3 mi away

5%159

Columbia29.9 mi away

4%155

Lewisburg22.5 mi away

3%109

Franklin50.8 mi away

3%100

Fayetteville26.8 mi away

2%82

Memphis165.9 mi away

2%58

Huntsville, AL39.8 mi away

2%56

Brentwood57.3 mi away

2%53

Murfreesboro57.2 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,506

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

How far

How far Pulaski commutes

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

42%

11%

16%

30%

42%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pulaski is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pulaski are

6,911 jobs are based in Pulaski. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pulaski’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pulaski

6,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pulaski residents hold

3,529 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Pulaski, 2013 → 2023: 6,466 → 6,911. 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.