Work & commute · Ripley

Work & commute in Ripley, TN

About one in 4 of Ripley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Covington (12%), Memphis (12%) and Jackson (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

771 of 2,880 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,109 Ripley residents head out of town to work, 771 work right here, and 3,467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripley.

2,109live here, work elsewhere

771live and work here

3,467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripley goes to work

Ripley (in town)right here

27%771

Covington13.9 mi away

12%358

Memphis50.3 mi away

12%349

Jackson39.5 mi away

8%217

Dyersburg22.6 mi away

5%141

Brownsville18.8 mi away

3%78

Henning4.7 mi away

2%67

Bartlett38.8 mi away

1%35

Newbern29.6 mi away

1%25

Collierville48.9 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%815

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

How far

How far Ripley commutes

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

34%

21%

25%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripley are

4,238 jobs are based in Ripley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ripley

4,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ripley residents hold

2,880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+18%

Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 3,577 → 4,238. 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.