Most of Friendship commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Friendship; the top destination outside it is Jackson (18%, 28 miles). Employers in Friendship report 49 jobs; 282 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Friendship at work: what stands out
Friendship is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Friendship, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Friendship has about 390 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Friendship’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Friendship is Jackson, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (50) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Friendship, and who commutes in
On a workday 278 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Friendship on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The commute from Friendship, by distance
About 24% 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.
Where Friendship’s working residents head each day
Where Friendship clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Friendship: what the 49 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Friendship, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 49. 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 Friendship’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Friendship’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Friendship workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 6% 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 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 Friendship: questions
What is the median household income in Friendship?
$32,153 (±$14,503) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Friendship?
42.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Friendship?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Friendship work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (18%, 28 mi), Dyersburg (12%, 12 mi), Alamo (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Friendship without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Friendship, from the people who make the trip.
More of Friendship
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.