Work & commute · Savannah

Work & commute in Savannah, TN

About one in 3 of Savannah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (6%), Memphis (5%) and Selmer (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

885 of 2,668 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,783 Savannah residents head out of town to work, 885 work right here, and 3,246 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Savannah.

1,783live here, work elsewhere

885live and work here

3,246work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Savannah goes to work

Savannah (in town)right here

33%885

Jackson45.4 mi away

6%150

Memphis98.2 mi away

5%134

Selmer20.6 mi away

3%74

Adamsville8.5 mi away

2%61

Crump5.4 mi away

2%53

Lexington30.2 mi away

1%36

Clifton17.5 mi away

1%25

Paris74.2 mi away

1%21

Collierville83.5 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,208

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

How far

How far Savannah commutes

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

49%

12%

30%

49%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Savannah is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Savannah are

4,131 jobs are based in Savannah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Savannah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Savannah

4,131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Savannah residents hold

2,668 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−6%

Jobs based in Savannah, 2013 → 2023: 4,410 → 4,131. 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.