Work & commute · Smyrna

Work & commute in Smyrna, TN

Most working residents leave Smyrna for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Murfreesboro (10%), La Vergne (8%) and Franklin (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

3,847 of 26,599 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,752 Smyrna residents head out of town to work, 3,847 work right here, and 28,428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smyrna.

22,752live here, work elsewhere

3,847live and work here

28,428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smyrna goes to work

Smyrna (in town)right here

14%3,847

Murfreesboro10 mi away

10%2,787

La Vergne4.1 mi away

8%2,006

Franklin18.5 mi away

5%1,417

Brentwood13.7 mi away

3%897

Berry Hill16.9 mi away

2%590

Lebanon18.9 mi away

2%491

Memphis202.3 mi away

2%437

Mount Juliet16.1 mi away

1%386

Chattanooga95.3 mi away

1%288

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%13,453

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

How far

How far Smyrna commutes

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

30%

55%

10%

30%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smyrna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Smyrna are

32,275 jobs are based in Smyrna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Smyrna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Smyrna

32,275 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Smyrna residents hold

26,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+38%

Jobs based in Smyrna, 2013 → 2023: 23,372 → 32,275. 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.