Work & commute · Ridgely

Work & commute in Ridgely, TN

Most working residents leave Ridgely for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Dyersburg (18%), Tiptonville (18%) and Union City (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 594 Ridgely residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgely.

594live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgely goes to work

Dyersburg16 mi away

18%118

Tiptonville7.8 mi away

18%114

Ridgely (in town)right here

8%52

Union City26.6 mi away

5%31

Memphis84.3 mi away

5%30

Jackson55.1 mi away

4%27

Newbern15.4 mi away

2%15

Caruthersville, MO11.8 mi away

2%10

Ripley36 mi away

2%10

Martin35.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%232

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

How far

How far Ridgely commutes

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

24%

36%

14%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgely is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgely are

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

Jobs based in Ridgely

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ridgely residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−49%

Jobs based in Ridgely, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 148. 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.