For about half of its working residents, Finley is a commute to Dyersburg
Hardly any stay in Finley for work; outside it, Dyersburg is the main destination (47%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 13% across Tennessee. A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes, where Tennessee has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Finley, in brief
Finley is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Finley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Finley has about 180 people in it, 63% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Finley works in Dyersburg
149 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Dyersburg, 5.7 miles away. That’s far more as work in Finley itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Finley’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 32 minutes, longer than the Tennessee average of 26. Time on the road ↓
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 315 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Finley quiets down on a workday
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Finley on a workday afternoon, 63% fewer than live here.
0.04 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.
Where the trip to work from Finley ends
Where Finley clocks in
47% of workers
7% 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.
How long Finley spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Finley workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Finley
12 jobs are based in Finley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Finley, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 12. 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 Finley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Finley’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
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 Finley: questions
What is the median household income in Finley?
$73,846 (±$33,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Finley?
6.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Finley?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Finley work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Finley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Finley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Finley
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.