Work & commute · Puryear

Work & commute in Puryear, TN

Most working residents leave Puryear for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (23%), Murray (13%) and Clarksville (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 282 Puryear residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Puryear.

282live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Puryear goes to work

Paris10.4 mi away

23%67

Murray, KY12 mi away

13%37

Clarksville55.5 mi away

4%12

Jackson61 mi away

3%10

Huntingdon30.4 mi away

2%5

Puryear (in town)right here

1%4

Milan43.5 mi away

1%3

Dyersburg64.3 mi away

1%3

Franklin90.2 mi away

1%3

Murfreesboro114.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%139

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

How far

How far Puryear commutes

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

19%

39%

33%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Puryear is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Puryear are

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

Jobs based in Puryear

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Puryear residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+78%

Jobs based in Puryear, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 57. 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.