Work & commute · Tullahoma

Work & commute in Tullahoma, TN

About one in 3 of Tullahoma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Manchester (6%), Murfreesboro (5%) and Shelbyville (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

2,381 of 8,071 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,690 Tullahoma residents head out of town to work, 2,381 work right here, and 8,550 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tullahoma.

5,690live here, work elsewhere

2,381live and work here

8,550work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tullahoma goes to work

Tullahoma (in town)right here

30%2,381

Manchester10.3 mi away

6%467

Murfreesboro35.1 mi away

5%418

Shelbyville15.9 mi away

5%396

Winchester14.1 mi away

4%297

Lynchburg, Moore County metropolitan government9.8 mi away

3%233

Smyrna44.7 mi away

3%224

Chattanooga58.7 mi away

2%172

Franklin51.6 mi away

2%123

Memphis212.4 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,248

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

How far

How far Tullahoma commutes

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

37%

21%

14%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tullahoma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tullahoma are

10,931 jobs are based in Tullahoma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tullahoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tullahoma

10,931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Tullahoma residents hold

8,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Tullahoma, 2013 → 2023: 12,459 → 10,931. 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.