Few U.S. towns have unemployment as high as Collierville’s 16.6%
Hardly any work in Collierville; the top destination outside it is Lodi (15%, 6 miles). Collierville grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Collierville, in brief
Collierville and Lodi trade workers both ways
Lodi is the top workplace for Collierville residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Collierville come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Collierville is a place people come home to
There are 239 jobs based in Collierville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 789 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Collierville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Collierville is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #354 of 847 in California. Household income holds Collierville’s grade up ($115,704, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Collierville could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where the trip to work from Collierville ends
Where Collierville clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Collierville on a workday
On a workday 782 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Collierville on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
51% of the jobs in Collierville make or build things
239 jobs are based in Collierville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Collierville, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 239. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collierville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Collierville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Collierville workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 877 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Collierville, by distance
About 26% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Collierville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Collierville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #836 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Collierville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,071 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Collierville households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Collierville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Collierville ranks: 1,416th of 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Harmony Grove CA | 2,585 | $227K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Fairbanks Ranch CA | 2,703 | $250K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,414 | Belgium WI | 2,540 | $75K | 3.0% | 5.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,415 | Alfred ME | 3,188 | $82K | 9.0% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,416 | Collierville CA | 2,546 | $116K | 5.6% | 16.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,417 | Ravena NY | 3,253 | $77K | 5.8% | 4.4% | 5% | B |
| 1,418 | Borgholm Township MN | 1,909 | $83K | 3.7% | 4.5% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Collierville, the top three, the last and three more from California.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Collierville: questions
What is the median household income in Collierville?
$115,704 (±$30,590) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Collierville?
5.6%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Collierville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Collierville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lodi (15%, 6 mi), Stockton (13%, 16 mi), Galt (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Collierville walkable?
Collierville is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Collierville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Collierville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Collierville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.