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Work & commute in Yuma · A commuter town

100% of Yuma’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Yuma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clarksburg (14%), Huntingdon (14%) and Lexington (14%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 22 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
19%
More than TN (13%)
Jobs based here
5
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Yuma?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Clarksburg

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Fultondale: 1 residents work here (5%)Mobile: 1 residents work here (5%)HaledonClarksburg: 3 residents work here (14%)Huntingdon: 3 residents work here (14%)Lexington: 3 residents work here (14%)HumboldtParis: 1 residents work here (5%)Dickson: 1 residents work here (5%)Oak Ridge: 1 residents work here (5%)Knoxville: 1 residents work here (5%)ClarksvilleChattanooga: 1 residents work here (5%)YumaClarksburgHuntingdonLexingtonFultondaleMobileParisYuma
1
Clarksburg3.7 mi away
14%3
2
Huntingdon12.1 mi away
14%3
3
Lexington14.1 mi away
14%3
4
Fultondale, AL176.8 mi away
5%1
5
Mobile, AL357.8 mi away
5%1
6
Paris31.1 mi away
5%1
7
Dickson56.2 mi away
5%1
8
Oak Ridge226.6 mi away
5%1
9
Knoxville245.7 mi away
5%1
10
Chattanooga182 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%6
The top trips

Where Yuma clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

Working from home in Yuma

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
19%

of Yuma workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Yuma quiets down on a workday

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night54
Workday37
54live here− 22head out to work+ 5come in to work= 37on a workday

About 37 people are in Yuma on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.23jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Yuma commutes less than 18 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miClarksburg: 14% · 3.7 miHuntingdon: 14% · 12.1 miLexington: 14% · 14.1 miFultondale: 5% · 176.8 miMobile: 5% · 357.8 miParis: 5% · 31.1 miDickson: 5% · 56.2 miOak Ridge: 5% · 226.6 miKnoxville: 5% · 245.7 miChattanooga: 5% · 182 miClarksburg 14%Huntingdon 14%Lexington 14%Fultondale 5%Mobile 5%Yuma
YumaTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi4 residents
36%10–24 mi8 residents
5%25–50 mi1 residents
41%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 41% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in YumaJobs Yuma residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%32%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices100%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%55%
Over $3,333 a month100%36%

Who does it

29 or younger0%9%
30 to 5460%59%
55 and older40%32%
+0%

Jobs based in Yuma, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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