A job hub: Middleton has 5.4 jobs per working resident, and 1,185 people come in to work
1,211 jobs are based in Middleton, and 226 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Middleton; the top destination outside it is Bolivar (18%, 15 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Middleton in brief
Middleton fills up on a workday
Middleton has 1,211 jobs, 5.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,700 people are in town, more than double the 730 who live here. Day and night ↓
Middleton makes and builds things
89% of the jobs based in Middleton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Middleton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Middleton pay better than its residents’ jobs
86% of the jobs based in Middleton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 53% of the jobs Middleton residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Middleton. The jobs ↓
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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Middleton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 200 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 1,700 people are in Middleton on a workday afternoon, 135% more 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.
Middleton works in goods: 89% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middleton, 2013 → 2023: 1,265 → 1,211. 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 Middleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Middleton
Where Middleton clocks in
11% 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.
Time on the road from Middleton: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middleton workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 17% 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 commute from Middleton, by distance
About 28% 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 Middleton: questions
What is the median household income in Middleton?
$36,250 (±$21,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middleton?
39.1%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middleton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middleton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bolivar (18%, 15 mi), Jackson (11%, 41 mi), Memphis (6%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Middleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middleton
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.