Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Sardis commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Sardis report 13 jobs, against 169 working residents. Hardly any work in Sardis; the top destination outside it is Lexington (29%, 15 miles). 39% of workers have no commute at all (Tennessee 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sardis
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Sardis on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Sardis’ working residents head each day
Where Sardis clocks in
29% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
In Sardis, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sardis, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 13. 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 Sardis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Sardis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sardis workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 39% 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 it is to work from Sardis
About 26% 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 Sardis: questions
What is the median household income in Sardis?
$39,464 (±$14,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $69,595 across Tennessee and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sardis?
31.2%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sardis?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sardis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lexington (29%, 15 mi), Jackson (14%, 34 mi), Memphis (5%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sardis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sardis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sardis
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.