Work & commute · White Bluff

Work & commute in White Bluff, TN

Most working residents leave White Bluff for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Dickson (12%), Franklin (4%) and Brentwood (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

103 of 1,848 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,745 White Bluff residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 693 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Bluff.

1,745live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

693work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Bluff goes to work

Dickson9.1 mi away

12%228

White Bluff (in town)right here

6%103

Franklin23.9 mi away

4%82

Brentwood25.7 mi away

3%56

Ashland City14.7 mi away

2%40

Murfreesboro47.4 mi away

2%40

Berry Hill24.8 mi away

2%37

Clarksville33 mi away

2%33

Charlotte9.2 mi away

2%30

Memphis169.3 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%1,170

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

How far

How far White Bluff commutes

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

22%

41%

27%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Bluff is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Bluff are

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

Jobs based in White Bluff

796 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs White Bluff residents hold

1,848 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in White Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 662 → 796. 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.