Most of Puryear commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
57 jobs are based in Puryear, against 286 working residents. Only 1% work in Puryear itself; outside it, Paris draws the most (23%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 20 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
Work in Puryear: the figures worth knowing
Puryear and Paris trade workers both ways
Paris is the top workplace for Puryear residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Puryear come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Puryear is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Puryear, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Puryear has about 490 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 286 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Puryear’s residents
Where Puryear clocks in
23% 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.
Who works in Puryear, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 282 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Puryear on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How far it is to work from Puryear
About 33% 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.
Jobs in Puryear: what the 57 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Puryear, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 57. 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 Puryear’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Puryear
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Puryear workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 8% 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 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 Puryear: questions
What is the median household income in Puryear?
$59,500 (±$9,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Puryear?
20.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Puryear?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Puryear work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (23%, 10 mi), Murray (13%, 12 mi), Nashville (8%, 88 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Puryear without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Puryear, from the people who make the trip.
More of Puryear
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.