Work & commute · Summertown

Work & commute in Summertown, TN

Most working residents leave Summertown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (17%), Columbia (15%) and Mount Pleasant (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 340 Summertown residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summertown.

340live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summertown goes to work

Lawrenceburg12.8 mi away

17%58

Columbia19.9 mi away

15%51

Mount Pleasant11 mi away

6%20

Franklin41.9 mi away

3%9

Spring Hill30.9 mi away

2%7

Huntsville, AL62.2 mi away

2%6

Pulaski22.8 mi away

1%5

Lewisburg29.2 mi away

1%5

Ethridge7.8 mi away

1%4

Fayetteville46.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%173

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

How far

How far Summertown commutes

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

10%

39%

19%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summertown is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summertown are

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

Jobs based in Summertown

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Summertown residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+12%

Jobs based in Summertown, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 28. 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.