Fowlkes has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Tennessee 13%). There are 35 jobs in Fowlkes; 363 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Fowlkes for work; outside it, Dyersburg is the main destination (42%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fowlkes apart on work
Fowlkes is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Fowlkes, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fowlkes has about 430 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Fowlkes works in Dyersburg
153 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Dyersburg, 5.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Fowlkes itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Fowlkes are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Tennessee worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 363 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Fowlkes
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Fowlkes on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Fowlkes work
Where Fowlkes clocks in
42% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The trip to work from Fowlkes: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fowlkes workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 347 commuters (the 0% 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.
What Fowlkes’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fowlkes, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 35. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fowlkes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Fowlkes works
About 20% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Fowlkes: questions
What is the median household income in Fowlkes?
$31,167 (±$26,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fowlkes?
13.7%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fowlkes?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fowlkes work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dyersburg (42%, 5 mi), Jackson (7%, 38 mi), Ripley (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Fowlkes without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fowlkes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fowlkes
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.