Work & commute · Somerville

Work & commute in Somerville, TN

Most working residents leave Somerville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (32%), Collierville (6%) and Bartlett (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

220 of 1,397 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,177 Somerville residents head out of town to work, 220 work right here, and 2,072 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerville.

1,177live here, work elsewhere

220live and work here

2,072work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerville goes to work

Memphis34.6 mi away

32%448

Somerville (in town)right here

16%220

Collierville22.1 mi away

6%88

Bartlett25.1 mi away

4%56

Oakland9.2 mi away

4%49

Jackson42.2 mi away

3%40

Whiteville14 mi away

2%25

Germantown25.2 mi away

2%24

Arlington16.2 mi away

2%23

Moscow11.7 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%404

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

How far

How far Somerville commutes

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

21%

23%

45%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerville is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerville are

2,292 jobs are based in Somerville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somerville

2,292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Somerville residents hold

1,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+38%

Jobs based in Somerville, 2013 → 2023: 1,659 → 2,292. 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.