For about two in five of its working residents, Leoma is a commute to Lawrenceburg
Leoma has 160 jobs for 214 working residents. Hardly any work in Leoma itself; outside it, Lawrenceburg draws the most (40%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 12 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leoma: the gist
40% of Leoma works in Lawrenceburg
86 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Lawrenceburg, 6.4 miles away. That’s 40 times as many as work in Leoma itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Leoma are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee. That’s about 107 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 214 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Leoma ends
Where Leoma clocks in
40% 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 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of Tennessee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leoma workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 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.
Who leaves Leoma for work, and who comes in
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Leoma on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
The kinds of work in Leoma
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leoma, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 160. 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 Leoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Leoma works
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 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 Leoma: questions
What is the median household income in Leoma?
$87,569 (±$27,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leoma?
1.3%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leoma?
12 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leoma work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Leoma 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 Leoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leoma
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.