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Work & commute · Three Way

Work & commute in Three Way, TN

Most working residents leave Three Way for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (47%), Humboldt (7%) and Memphis (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
10 of 927 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 917 Three Way residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Way.

917live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
252work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Three Way goes to work

DyerParsonsMedinaThree WayBolivarTrentonMilanBrownsvilleCovingtonLexingtonHumboldtMemphisJacksonChattanoogaJacksonHumboldtMemphisMilanTrentonBrownsvilleParsonsChattanoogaBolivarThree Way
1
Jackson7.9 mi away
47%438
2
Humboldt4.7 mi away
7%64
3
Memphis77.5 mi away
5%48
4
Milan11.3 mi away
4%37
5
Trenton14.7 mi away
2%22
6
Brownsville25.8 mi away
2%22
7
Parsons42 mi away
1%10
8
Three Way (in town)right here
1%10
9
Chattanooga209 mi away
1%10
10
Bolivar36.2 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%259

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

How far

How far Three Way commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Three Way is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Way are

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

Jobs based in Three Way

262 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities57%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Three Way residents hold

927 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+98%

Jobs based in Three Way, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 262. 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.

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