Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki · CC BY 3.0Work and commuting in Henning
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, where Tennessee has 26 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 4% of workers; Tennessee has 13%. Henning has 271 jobs; 357 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Henning apart on work
Henning and Ripley trade workers both ways
Ripley is the top workplace for Henning residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Henning come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Henning workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
23% of working residents work in Ripley
Where Henning clocks in
23% of workers
17% of workers
13% 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 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Henning workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who works in Henning, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 342 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Henning on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Henning, 83% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Henning, 2013 → 2023: 208 → 271. 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 Henning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Henning works
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.
Next door is work for 23% of Henning
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Ripley. Darker towns draw more of Henning’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Henning: questions
What is the median household income in Henning?
$40,781 (±$18,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Henning?
34.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Henning?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Henning work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ripley (23%, 5 mi), Covington (17%, 9 mi), Memphis (13%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Henning without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Henning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Henning
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.