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Jobs & commute in Saltillo

Saltillo has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average (Tennessee 26, U.S. 26). Saltillo has 21 jobs; 154 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Saltillo itself; outside it, Savannah draws the most (16%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Saltillo for work, and who comes in

On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.

154live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
21work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night440
Workday310
440live here− 150head out to work+ 21come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Saltillo on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Saltillo ends

Paducah: 3 residents work here (2%)SaltilloAdamsville: 5 residents work here (3%)Crump: 6 residents work here (4%)Savannah: 25 residents work here (16%)Henderson: 5 residents work here (3%)Selmer: 5 residents work here (3%)Lexington: 5 residents work here (3%)Memphis: 13 residents work here (8%)Jackson: 17 residents work here (11%)Nashville: 4 residents work here (3%)SavannahJacksonMemphisCrumpAdamsvilleHendersonSaltillo
1
Savannah11.1 mi away
16%25
2
Jackson38 mi away
11%17
3
Memphis98.6 mi away
8%13
4
Crump11.6 mi away
4%6
5
Adamsville12.6 mi away
3%5
6
Henderson23.1 mi away
3%5
7
Selmer24.1 mi away
3%5
8
Lexington19.3 mi away
3%5
9
Nashville98.7 mi away
3%4
10
Paducah, KY118.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%66
The top trips

Where Saltillo clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

What Saltillo’s employers do

Jobs based in SaltilloJobs Saltillo residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%33%
Trade, transport & utilities43%18%
Services: health, schools, offices57%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less43%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%33%
Over $3,333 a month14%49%

Who does it

29 or younger0%31%
30 to 5457%44%
55 and older43%25%
+320%

Jobs based in Saltillo, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 21. 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 Saltillo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

From Saltillo, about 41 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
314 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Saltillo41 min
Tennessee26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
14%

of Saltillo workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Saltillo gets to work
89%Drive alone
9%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 306 commuters (the 14% 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.

How far

How far Saltillo goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSavannah: 16% · 11.1 miJackson: 11% · 38 miMemphis: 8% · 98.6 miCrump: 4% · 11.6 miAdamsville: 3% · 12.6 miHenderson: 3% · 23.1 miSelmer: 3% · 24.1 miLexington: 3% · 19.3 miNashville: 3% · 98.7 miPaducah: 2% · 118.8 miSavannah 16%Jackson 11%Memphis 8%Crump 4%Saltillo
SaltilloTop destinations (size = commuters)
1%Under 10 mi2 residents
45%10–24 mi66 residents
25%25–50 mi37 residents
29%Over 50 mi42 residents

About 29% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Saltillo: questions

What is the median household income in Saltillo?

$59,063 (±$19,726) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Saltillo?

11.8%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Saltillo?

41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Saltillo work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Savannah (16%, 11 mi), Jackson (11%, 38 mi), Memphis (8%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Saltillo without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Saltillo, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Saltillo

Saltillo home →

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.