Gilt Edge has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Gilt Edge for work; outside it, Memphis is the main destination (35%, 30 miles). There are 29 jobs in Gilt Edge for 201 working residents. The average commute takes 37 minutes each way, next to 26 for Tennessee and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gilt Edge
Gilt Edge is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Gilt Edge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gilt Edge has about 300 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Gilt Edge works in Memphis
70 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Memphis, 30 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Gilt Edge itself. The commute map ↓
Gilt Edge workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Tennessee. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 201 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Gilt Edge on a workday
On a workday 198 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Gilt Edge on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Gilt Edge ends
Where Gilt Edge clocks in
35% of workers
11% 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.
About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilt Edge workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 commuters (the 10% 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 Gilt Edge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilt Edge, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 29. 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 Gilt Edge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Gilt Edge to work
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 Gilt Edge: questions
What is the median household income in Gilt Edge?
$77,031 (±$12,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilt Edge?
14.5%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilt Edge?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilt Edge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (35%, 30 mi), Covington (11%, 10 mi), Millington (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gilt Edge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilt Edge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilt Edge
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.