Note: According to Governing’s data, 42.3% of the Memphis workforce are nonresidents – or 165,679 workers. 43,603 are reverse commuters.
From Governing:
Taxes on commuters (and reverse commuters) represent a largely untapped source of revenue that cities may begin to target more aggressively — particularly if they’re struggling. View data showing the cities with the most outside workers and reverse commuters.
Buried deep in Detroit Emergency Manger Kevyn Orr’s restructuring plan released last month was a single line that caught the attention of one group of taxpayers. For the first time, the city publicly stated it was weighing an ordinance requiring employers to withhold city income taxes for reverse commuters.
The vast majority of U.S. cities don’t impose a local income tax, but Detroit and some that do struggle to collect all that they’re owed from reverse commuters, people who work outside the city where they live. More commonly, central cities seek ways to tax nonresidents working downtown – known as commuter taxes – as property tax bases dwindle. Taken together, these two groups of taxpayers represent a largely untapped source of potential revenue that cities may begin to target more aggressively, particularly if they’re struggling.
While New York City’s commuter tax expired more than a decade ago, political arguments for its revival continue to persist, as recently as last year’s mayoral election. Last week, officials in Johnstown, Pa., which participates in a state program for distressed cities, told a panel of judges that they either needed to implement a commuter tax or scale back services. In Indiana, state legislators are mulling their own commuter tax for counties.
Governing compiled data published for the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to compute localities’ estimated nonresident workers. Across all cities with at least 50,000 workers, nonresidents accounted for slightly more than half – 52 percent – of the total workforce.
This share is far higher in some areas than others. Nonresidents account for more than three-quarters of the workforce in Irvine, Calif. (79 percent), Orlando, Fla. (77 percent), Salt Lake City (75 percent) and Miami (75 percent).
In some jurisdictions that aren’t as large, residents make up an even smaller fraction of the employment base. Nearly 96 percent of those working in Tysons Corner, Va., live outside the unincorporated area near Washington, D.C. – higher than any other city or Census-designated place with at least 50,000 workers.
Calls for commuter taxes are most common in declining central cities surrounded by wealthier enclaves.
Only select jurisdictions in 17 states impose local income taxes, according to the Tax Foundation. Often, these localities tax residents and nonresidents at different rates, as is the case in Detroit.
Detroit’s problem stems from the fact that many of its reverse commuters fail to pay local taxes. Employers in Michigan aren’t required to withhold local income taxes if they’re not levied by the jurisdiction their employees work in. Twenty-two cities in the state levy local income taxes. Detroit’s tax rate is the highest, set at 2.4 percent for residents and 1.4 percent for nonresidents for 2013.
About half of working Detroit residents are employed outside city limits, and many of them aren’t paying local income taxes. A study published by consulting firm McKinsey & Co. estimated that Detroit residents commuting to jobs outside the city failed to pay more than $140 million in local income taxes owed in 2009.
Brad Williams, the Detroit Regional Chamber’s vice president for government relations, said most of the area’s larger employers with automated payroll systems already collect local income taxes.
Some worry that commuter taxes or taxes on reverse commuters could drive businesses out of cities. The local chamber’s Williams, though, said there’s no evidence that Detroit’s local income tax on nonresidents — higher than all other Michigan localities — led employers to look elsewhere. The chamber’s larger concern, he said, is ensuring that any collection of local taxes isn’t overly-burdensome for employers.
“I think there’s a proper way to do it, but we just haven’t seen the details yet,” Williams said.
Another option is for the state to help administer the local tax. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder said in December that the state was studying the possibility of adding a Detroit tax schedule to state income tax forms. That’s how the local tax is already administered in Maryland, for example.
Kim Rueben, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said efforts to tax commuters gain more traction in central hubs with a local income tax that lack the population base to provide services for businesses and their workers.
Of course, it’s far easier politically to approve tax hikes on nonresidents than those residing in a city. “As places are hard-pressed to raise the money they feel they need to provide services, there is always an attractive aspect to taxing nonvoters,” Rueben said.
Commuter taxes, Rueben said, also tend to be more prevalent in areas with fragmented jurisdictional boundaries. So cities occupying vast land areas, such as Los Angeles and Phoenix, wouldn’t benefit from commuter taxes as much as a place like Pittsburgh might.
City Commuter Data
The following table lists computed totals for residents living and working in a city and those who work in the city and reside elsewhere. Data is shown for jurisdictions with at least 50,000 workers.
City
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Nonresidents % of workforce
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Total working in city
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Workers from city
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Nonresidents working in city
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Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia | 95.6 | 65,088 | 2,871 | 62,217 |
Auburn Hills, Michigan | 93.3 | 51,903 | 3,481 | 48,422 |
Beverly Hills, California | 91.6 | 54,491 | 4,575 | 49,916 |
Southfield, Michigan | 91.3 | 76,747 | 6,649 | 70,098 |
Doral, Florida | 90.9 | 67,569 | 6,142 | 61,427 |
Carson, California | 88.8 | 55,202 | 6,208 | 48,994 |
Rockville, Maryland | 88.5 | 69,186 | 7,970 | 61,216 |
Marietta, Georgia | 88.3 | 75,551 | 8,855 | 66,696 |
Towson CDP, Maryland | 88.2 | 60,780 | 7,192 | 53,588 |
Troy, Michigan | 87.9 | 83,273 | 10,107 | 73,166 |
Palo Alto, California | 87.5 | 83,740 | 10,481 | 73,259 |
Bethesda CDP, Maryland | 87.5 | 81,244 | 10,163 | 71,081 |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 86.3 | 56,472 | 7,739 | 48,733 |
Schaumburg, Illinois | 85.7 | 71,277 | 10,163 | 61,114 |
Dearborn, Michigan | 84.7 | 78,493 | 11,973 | 66,520 |
Santa Clara, California | 84.4 | 101,014 | 15,749 | 85,265 |
Fort Myers, Florida | 84.2 | 67,480 | 10,673 | 56,807 |
Bloomington, Minnesota | 83.9 | 82,376 | 13,270 | 69,106 |
Rancho Cordova, California | 83.9 | 51,642 | 8,321 | 43,321 |
Alpharetta, Georgia | 83.6 | 81,153 | 13,273 | 67,880 |
Reston CDP, Virginia | 83.6 | 59,845 | 9,799 | 50,046 |
Farmington Hills, Michigan | 83.6 | 50,505 | 8,303 | 42,202 |
Sandy Springs, Georgia | 83.3 | 77,399 | 12,962 | 64,437 |
Santa Monica, California | 83.2 | 100,672 | 16,954 | 83,718 |
Walnut Creek, California | 83.2 | 51,497 | 8,655 | 42,842 |
Greenville, South Carolina | 83.1 | 92,283 | 15,622 | 76,661 |
Warren, Michigan | 83.0 | 80,571 | 13,680 | 66,891 |
Mountain View, California | 82.9 | 67,661 | 11,552 | 56,109 |
Burbank, California | 82.7 | 95,296 | 16,524 | 78,772 |
Redmond, Washington | 82.7 | 86,262 | 14,961 | 71,301 |
Orange, California | 82.0 | 94,826 | 17,049 | 77,777 |
Richardson, Texas | 81.8 | 83,653 | 15,240 | 68,413 |
Livonia, Michigan | 81.7 | 66,145 | 12,108 | 54,037 |
Paradise CDP, Nevada | 81.5 | 249,447 | 46,103 | 203,344 |
Hartford, Connecticut | 81.2 | 109,191 | 20,577 | 88,614 |
White Plains, New York | 81.2 | 58,504 | 10,972 | 47,532 |
Eagan, Minnesota | 80.9 | 52,306 | 9,989 | 42,317 |
West Palm Beach, Florida | 80.7 | 92,087 | 17,791 | 74,296 |
Sugar Land, Texas | 80.6 | 52,242 | 10,137 | 42,105 |
Renton, Washington | 80.5 | 56,752 | 11,081 | 45,671 |
Newport Beach, California | 80.3 | 74,010 | 14,557 | 59,453 |
Ontario, California | 80.2 | 98,904 | 19,571 | 79,333 |
Sterling Heights, Michigan | 80.2 | 52,474 | 10,408 | 42,066 |
Sunnyvale, California | 80.1 | 85,864 | 17,101 | 68,763 |
Torrance, California | 79.9 | 104,021 | 20,936 | 83,085 |
Sarasota, Florida | 79.6 | 58,593 | 11,924 | 46,669 |
Wilmington, Delaware | 79.4 | 61,046 | 12,558 | 48,488 |
Boca Raton, Florida | 79.2 | 103,463 | 21,480 | 81,983 |
Tempe, Arizona | 79.1 | 161,809 | 33,793 | 128,016 |
Redwood City, California | 78.9 | 52,857 | 11,176 | 41,681 |
Irvine, California | 78.7 | 224,105 | 47,635 | 176,470 |
Newton, Massachusetts | 78.6 | 52,327 | 11,174 | 41,153 |
Waltham, Massachusetts | 78.5 | 51,994 | 11,158 | 40,836 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts | 77.9 | 118,669 | 26,212 | 92,457 |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 77.6 | 163,152 | 36,512 | 126,640 |
Bellevue, Washington | 77.6 | 118,018 | 26,417 | 91,601 |
Orlando, Florida | 77.4 | 320,527 | 72,404 | 248,123 |
Fullerton, California | 77.4 | 54,407 | 12,307 | 42,100 |
Centennial, Colorado | 77.4 | 50,022 | 11,318 | 38,704 |
Beaverton, Oregon | 77.3 | 58,566 | 13,309 | 45,257 |
Costa Mesa, California | 77.0 | 80,116 | 18,422 | 61,694 |
Albany, New York | 76.9 | 110,749 | 25,624 | 85,125 |
Pasadena, California | 76.9 | 110,154 | 25,402 | 84,752 |
Pleasanton, California | 76.8 | 52,482 | 12,202 | 40,280 |
Columbia CDP, Maryland | 76.5 | 68,143 | 16,024 | 52,119 |
Arlington CDP, Virginia | 76.4 | 192,828 | 45,530 | 147,298 |
Pomona, California | 76.4 | 52,838 | 12,466 | 40,372 |
Pensacola, Florida | 76.1 | 53,985 | 12,883 | 41,102 |
Everett, Washington | 75.6 | 98,497 | 24,024 | 74,473 |
Pompano Beach, Florida | 75.5 | 58,003 | 14,227 | 43,776 |
Salt Lake City, Utah | 75.4 | 251,376 | 61,948 | 189,428 |
Miami, Florida | 75.3 | 411,805 | 101,888 | 309,917 |
West Valley City, Utah | 75.3 | 50,977 | 12,594 | 38,383 |
Irving, Texas | 75.2 | 185,136 | 45,856 | 139,280 |
West Des Moines, Iowa | 74.9 | 50,062 | 12,571 | 37,491 |
North Charleston, South Carolina | 74.6 | 82,883 | 21,019 | 61,864 |
Newark, New Jersey | 74.3 | 159,816 | 41,028 | 118,788 |
Hayward, California | 74.3 | 63,390 | 16,320 | 47,070 |
Kent, Washington | 74.1 | 58,662 | 15,208 | 43,454 |
San Bernardino, California | 74.0 | 94,175 | 24,467 | 69,708 |
Carrollton, Texas | 74.0 | 64,910 | 16,904 | 48,006 |
Anaheim, California | 73.6 | 172,360 | 45,490 | 126,870 |
Carlsbad, California | 73.6 | 59,103 | 15,598 | 43,505 |
Alexandria, Virginia | 73.5 | 96,292 | 25,472 | 70,820 |
Ocala, Florida | 73.5 | 55,709 | 14,786 | 40,923 |
Santa Ana, California | 73.3 | 156,250 | 41,648 | 114,602 |
Atlanta, Georgia | 73.0 | 464,557 | 125,618 | 338,939 |
Carmel, Indiana | 73.0 | 50,664 | 13,667 | 36,997 |
Birmingham, Alabama | 72.8 | 181,415 | 49,291 | 132,124 |
Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 72.6 | 52,028 | 14,246 | 37,782 |
Melbourne, Florida | 72.4 | 54,088 | 14,912 | 39,176 |
Fort Hood CDP, Texas | 72.3 | 51,630 | 14,295 | 37,335 |
Fontana, California | 72.1 | 60,523 | 16,910 | 43,613 |
Franklin, Tennessee | 72.0 | 56,686 | 15,845 | 40,841 |
Dayton, Ohio | 71.8 | 90,033 | 25,395 | 64,638 |
Hollywood, Florida | 71.4 | 62,135 | 17,768 | 44,367 |
Kalamazoo, Michigan | 71.2 | 56,278 | 16,188 | 40,090 |
Columbia, South Carolina | 71.1 | 145,593 | 42,120 | 103,473 |
Lakewood, Colorado | 70.9 | 76,248 | 22,165 | 54,083 |
Grand Prairie, Texas | 70.8 | 66,347 | 19,399 | 46,948 |
San Mateo, California | 70.8 | 53,890 | 15,748 | 38,142 |
Washington, District of Columbia | 70.7 | 796,601 | 233,411 | 563,190 |
Charleston, West Virginia | 70.7 | 56,976 | 16,705 | 40,271 |
Corona, California | 70.5 | 71,174 | 20,979 | 50,195 |
Naperville, Illinois | 70.3 | 80,700 | 23,989 | 56,711 |
Hillsboro, Oregon | 70.3 | 65,076 | 19,315 | 45,761 |
Clearwater, Florida | 70.0 | 65,105 | 19,526 | 45,579 |
Glendale, California | 69.8 | 91,477 | 27,610 | 63,867 |
Frederick, Maryland | 69.8 | 54,587 | 16,478 | 38,109 |
Glendale, Arizona | 69.6 | 77,779 | 23,674 | 54,105 |
Scottsdale, Arizona | 69.5 | 165,529 | 50,543 | 114,986 |
Lansing, Michigan | 69.4 | 79,183 | 24,237 | 54,946 |
Rochester, New York | 69.3 | 150,381 | 46,220 | 104,161 |
Cleveland, Ohio | 69.2 | 265,013 | 81,651 | 183,362 |
Concord, California | 69.1 | 55,497 | 17,156 | 38,341 |
Cincinnati, Ohio | 68.7 | 242,052 | 75,715 | 166,337 |
Overland Park, Kansas | 68.6 | 118,915 | 37,286 | 81,629 |
Rancho Cucamonga, California | 68.6 | 62,871 | 19,737 | 43,134 |
Tampa, Florida | 68.1 | 327,583 | 104,570 | 223,013 |
St. Louis, Missouri | 68.1 | 252,303 | 80,431 | 171,872 |
Round Rock, Texas | 68.0 | 55,764 | 17,840 | 37,924 |
Pasadena, Texas | 67.9 | 51,274 | 16,483 | 34,791 |
Fremont, California | 67.7 | 79,967 | 25,822 | 54,145 |
St. Paul, Minnesota | 67.6 | 176,439 | 57,235 | 119,204 |
Lakeland, Florida | 67.6 | 71,664 | 23,218 | 48,446 |
Jersey City, New Jersey | 67.4 | 123,052 | 40,104 | 82,948 |
Berkeley, California | 67.0 | 74,307 | 24,554 | 49,753 |
Plano, Texas | 66.5 | 175,721 | 58,924 | 116,797 |
Providence, Rhode Island | 66.4 | 120,330 | 40,465 | 79,865 |
New Haven, Connecticut | 66.4 | 90,307 | 30,338 | 59,969 |
Richmond, Virginia | 66.2 | 161,610 | 54,646 | 106,964 |
Allentown, Pennsylvania | 66.2 | 53,526 | 18,097 | 35,429 |
Elgin, Illinois | 66.0 | 53,342 | 18,151 | 35,191 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 65.9 | 289,682 | 98,695 | 190,987 |
Portland, Maine | 65.9 | 66,719 | 22,725 | 43,994 |
Portsmouth, Virginia | 65.9 | 51,926 | 17,707 | 34,219 |
Ogden, Utah | 65.8 | 56,049 | 19,177 | 36,872 |
Grand Rapids, Michigan | 65.5 | 117,304 | 40,436 | 76,868 |
Syracuse, New York | 65.5 | 102,965 | 35,510 | 67,455 |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | 65.1 | 306,041 | 106,735 | 199,306 |
Roseville, California | 65.1 | 68,864 | 24,021 | 44,843 |
Macon, Georgia | 65.0 | 54,528 | 19,068 | 35,460 |
The Woodlands CDP, Texas | 64.8 | 51,709 | 18,195 | 33,514 |
High Point, North Carolina | 64.7 | 61,504 | 21,727 | 39,777 |
Kansas City, Kansas | 64.1 | 76,889 | 27,633 | 49,256 |
South Bend, Indiana | 64.0 | 59,118 | 21,267 | 37,851 |
Asheville, North Carolina | 63.1 | 81,380 | 29,995 | 51,385 |
Ann Arbor, Michigan | 62.9 | 106,251 | 39,382 | 66,869 |
Charleston, South Carolina | 62.9 | 88,469 | 32,792 | 55,677 |
Tacoma, Washington | 62.8 | 108,836 | 40,537 | 68,299 |
Boston, Massachusetts | 62.6 | 572,520 | 214,193 | 358,327 |
Garland, Texas | 62.5 | 70,248 | 26,367 | 43,881 |
Huntington Beach, California | 62.3 | 74,881 | 28,225 | 46,656 |
Metairie CDP, Louisiana | 62.2 | 67,378 | 25,442 | 41,936 |
Sacramento, California | 61.9 | 287,815 | 109,789 | 178,026 |
Cary, North Carolina | 61.9 | 74,428 | 28,337 | 46,091 |
Detroit, Michigan | 61.6 | 263,057 | 100,946 | 162,111 |
Knoxville, Tennessee | 61.6 | 167,228 | 64,164 | 103,064 |
Chattanooga, Tennessee | 61.6 | 159,201 | 61,172 | 98,029 |
Riverside, California | 61.6 | 138,995 | 53,425 | 85,570 |
North Las Vegas, Nevada | 61.6 | 51,792 | 19,909 | 31,883 |
Buffalo, New York | 61.1 | 152,816 | 59,479 | 93,337 |
Miami Beach, Florida | 61.1 | 65,071 | 25,320 | 39,751 |
Akron, Ohio | 61.0 | 105,520 | 41,197 | 64,323 |
Frisco, Texas | 61.0 | 50,304 | 19,641 | 30,663 |
Oakland, California | 60.9 | 191,273 | 74,874 | 116,399 |
Elizabeth, New Jersey | 60.8 | 51,316 | 20,103 | 31,213 |
Chandler, Arizona | 60.7 | 107,405 | 42,248 | 65,157 |
Springfield, Massachusetts | 60.7 | 73,200 | 28,769 | 44,431 |
Stamford, Connecticut | 60.6 | 80,796 | 31,838 | 48,958 |
Roanoke, Virginia | 60.4 | 70,843 | 28,036 | 42,807 |
Johnson City, Tennessee | 60.3 | 52,706 | 20,945 | 31,761 |
Long Beach, California | 60.2 | 180,295 | 71,718 | 108,577 |
Boulder, Colorado | 59.9 | 97,921 | 39,311 | 58,610 |
Joliet, Illinois | 59.9 | 55,546 | 22,271 | 33,275 |
Vancouver, Washington | 59.8 | 85,730 | 34,455 | 51,275 |
McAllen, Texas | 59.7 | 83,231 | 33,527 | 49,704 |
Las Vegas, Nevada | 59.5 | 312,520 | 126,448 | 186,072 |
Lafayette, Indiana | 59.5 | 51,706 | 20,942 | 30,764 |
Green Bay, Wisconsin | 59.1 | 65,091 | 26,638 | 38,453 |
Jackson, Mississippi | 58.9 | 107,227 | 44,046 | 63,181 |
Denver, Colorado | 58.4 | 461,854 | 192,318 | 269,536 |
Thousand Oaks, California | 58.1 | 64,634 | 27,076 | 37,558 |
Bowling Green, Kentucky | 58.0 | 53,418 | 22,410 | 31,008 |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 57.8 | 179,731 | 75,867 | 103,864 |
San Buenaventura (Ventura), California | 57.7 | 58,176 | 24,612 | 33,564 |
Hialeah, Florida | 57.4 | 79,713 | 33,922 | 45,791 |
Aurora, Illinois | 57.4 | 67,344 | 28,673 | 38,671 |
Yonkers, New York | 57.2 | 58,935 | 25,225 | 33,710 |
Lynchburg, Virginia | 56.6 | 55,363 | 24,002 | 31,361 |
Savannah, Georgia | 56.5 | 104,223 | 45,314 | 58,909 |
Gilbert, Arizona | 56.5 | 59,718 | 25,976 | 33,742 |
Baltimore, Maryland | 56.4 | 360,471 | 157,059 | 203,412 |
Des Moines, Iowa | 56.3 | 132,714 | 58,028 | 74,686 |
Kansas City, Missouri | 56.2 | 307,101 | 134,533 | 172,568 |
Aurora, Colorado | 56.2 | 119,940 | 52,547 | 67,393 |
Worcester, Massachusetts | 56.2 | 100,486 | 44,023 | 56,463 |
Norfolk, Virginia | 56.1 | 187,299 | 82,264 | 105,035 |
Manchester, New Hampshire | 56.1 | 62,141 | 27,287 | 34,854 |
Olathe, Kansas | 56.1 | 57,976 | 25,438 | 32,538 |
Peoria, Illinois | 55.8 | 77,765 | 34,347 | 43,418 |
Erie, Pennsylvania | 55.5 | 58,917 | 26,224 | 32,693 |
Rockford, Illinois | 55.4 | 91,757 | 40,889 | 50,868 |
Little Rock, Arkansas | 55.3 | 160,499 | 71,802 | 88,697 |
Jacksonville, North Carolina | 55.2 | 66,873 | 29,992 | 36,881 |
Champaign, Illinois | 55.0 | 51,353 | 23,093 | 28,260 |
Dallas, Texas | 54.8 | 795,719 | 359,598 | 436,121 |
Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 54.3 | 63,079 | 28,850 | 34,229 |
Durham, North Carolina | 54.2 | 155,482 | 71,230 | 84,252 |
Springfield, Missouri | 54.2 | 145,710 | 66,784 | 78,926 |
Lafayette, Louisiana | 54.2 | 97,224 | 44,575 | 52,649 |
Hampton, Virginia | 53.8 | 64,815 | 29,976 | 34,839 |
Wilmington, North Carolina | 53.5 | 79,638 | 37,056 | 42,582 |
Santa Clarita, California | 53.3 | 65,887 | 30,755 | 35,132 |
Huntsville, Alabama | 53.2 | 139,466 | 65,277 | 74,189 |
Santa Barbara, California | 53.2 | 64,164 | 30,008 | 34,156 |
Evansville, Indiana | 53.1 | 91,545 | 42,980 | 48,565 |
Tyler, Texas | 52.8 | 73,381 | 34,620 | 38,761 |
Chesapeake, Virginia | 52.3 | 94,971 | 45,281 | 49,690 |
Chula Vista, California | 52.3 | 62,488 | 29,783 | 32,705 |
Salem, Oregon | 51.9 | 91,515 | 44,014 | 47,501 |
Newport News, Virginia | 51.7 | 107,917 | 52,079 | 55,838 |
Gainesville, Florida | 51.7 | 92,061 | 44,482 | 47,579 |
Beaumont, Texas | 51.6 | 74,322 | 35,995 | 38,327 |
Santa Fe, New Mexico | 51.6 | 54,932 | 26,598 | 28,334 |
Bloomington, Illinois | 51.4 | 56,843 | 27,599 | 29,244 |
Houston, Texas | 51.3 | 1,638,995 | 797,826 | 841,169 |
Fort Smith, Arkansas | 51.1 | 63,673 | 31,157 | 32,516 |
Longview, Texas | 51.1 | 53,690 | 26,275 | 27,415 |
Mobile, Alabama | 51.0 | 126,221 | 61,881 | 64,340 |
Raleigh, North Carolina | 50.9 | 276,164 | 135,477 | 140,687 |
Modesto, California | 50.7 | 83,119 | 41,013 | 42,106 |
Bloomington, Indiana | 50.4 | 57,968 | 28,734 | 29,234 |
Mesa, Arizona | 50.3 | 152,180 | 75,586 | 76,594 |
Iowa City, Iowa | 50.2 | 59,798 | 29,798 | 30,000 |
Fayetteville, Arkansas | 50.0 | 51,736 | 25,886 | 25,850 |
St. Petersburg, Florida | 49.9 | 127,366 | 63,806 | 63,560 |
Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 49.7 | 59,621 | 29,975 | 29,646 |
Madison, Wisconsin | 49.6 | 189,632 | 95,631 | 94,001 |
Fort Worth, Texas | 49.3 | 408,538 | 207,003 | 201,535 |
Arlington, Texas | 49.0 | 143,041 | 72,930 | 70,111 |
Provo, Utah | 49.0 | 68,030 | 34,663 | 33,367 |
Lancaster, California | 49.0 | 51,344 | 26,209 | 25,135 |
Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii | 48.9 | 283,963 | 145,241 | 138,722 |
Greensboro, North Carolina | 48.9 | 180,490 | 92,280 | 88,210 |
Waco, Texas | 48.9 | 80,113 | 40,942 | 39,171 |
Springfield, Illinois | 48.8 | 90,519 | 46,344 | 44,175 |
Davenport, Iowa | 48.8 | 60,760 | 31,111 | 29,649 |
Henderson, Nevada | 48.6 | 78,488 | 40,368 | 38,120 |
Greenville, North Carolina | 48.4 | 57,145 | 29,488 | 27,657 |
Seattle, Washington | 48.2 | 500,946 | 259,461 | 241,485 |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 47.6 | 140,360 | 73,552 | 66,808 |
Portland, Oregon | 47.4 | 427,396 | 224,692 | 202,704 |
Denton, Texas | 47.4 | 64,368 | 33,868 | 30,500 |
Fayetteville, North Carolina | 47.2 | 130,505 | 68,902 | 61,603 |
Spokane, Washington | 47.0 | 123,658 | 65,575 | 58,083 |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 46.2 | 284,320 | 153,062 | 131,258 |
Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government, Georgia | 46.0 | 119,748 | 64,683 | 55,065 |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 45.6 | 93,924 | 51,094 | 42,830 |
Columbus, Ohio | 45.5 | 468,052 | 255,184 | 212,868 |
New Orleans, Louisiana | 45.3 | 207,368 | 113,505 | 93,863 |
Toledo, Ohio | 45.2 | 130,634 | 71,524 | 59,110 |
Santa Rosa, California | 45.1 | 80,219 | 44,068 | 36,151 |
Tulsa, Oklahoma | 44.7 | 265,756 | 146,916 | 118,840 |
San Francisco, California | 44.4 | 605,275 | 336,695 | 268,580 |
Phoenix, Arizona | 43.9 | 770,189 | 432,447 | 337,742 |
Boise City, Idaho | 43.9 | 145,561 | 81,689 | 63,872 |
Tallahassee, Florida | 43.5 | 137,132 | 77,519 | 59,613 |
Eugene, Oregon | 43.2 | 87,533 | 49,728 | 37,805 |
Bellingham, Washington | 43.0 | 52,164 | 29,735 | 22,429 |
Athens-Clarke County unified government, Georgia | 42.9 | 69,728 | 39,785 | 29,943 |
Indianapolis city, Indiana | 42.4 | 504,209 | 290,547 | 213,662 |
Fargo, North Dakota | 42.4 | 89,447 | 51,534 | 37,913 |
Memphis, Tennessee | 42.3 | 391,232 | 225,553 | 165,679 |
College Station, Texas | 42.3 | 53,590 | 30,940 | 22,650 |
Duluth, Minnesota | 42.2 | 56,378 | 32,559 | 23,819 |
Omaha, Nebraska | 41.9 | 293,183 | 170,327 | 122,856 |
Reno, Nevada | 41.9 | 139,772 | 81,259 | 58,513 |
Las Cruces, New Mexico | 41.6 | 51,460 | 30,056 | 21,404 |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 41.4 | 372,770 | 218,370 | 154,400 |
Stockton, California | 41.0 | 103,446 | 61,034 | 42,412 |
Topeka, Kansas | 41.0 | 83,880 | 49,453 | 34,427 |
Charlotte, North Carolina | 40.4 | 498,231 | 297,001 | 201,230 |
Los Angeles, California | 40.0 | 1,905,120 | 1,142,167 | 762,953 |
Shreveport, Louisiana | 40.0 | 113,696 | 68,256 | 45,440 |
Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government, Tennessee | 39.8 | 392,649 | 236,397 | 156,252 |
Oxnard, California | 39.8 | 62,329 | 37,511 | 24,818 |
San Jose, California | 39.6 | 382,074 | 230,688 | 151,386 |
Montgomery, Alabama | 39.5 | 127,323 | 77,079 | 50,244 |
Visalia, California | 39.4 | 51,693 | 31,348 | 20,345 |
Louisville/Jefferson County metro government, Kentucky | 39.2 | 330,171 | 200,725 | 129,446 |
Rochester, Minnesota | 39.0 | 84,325 | 51,426 | 32,899 |
Columbia, Missouri | 38.9 | 78,370 | 47,866 | 30,504 |
Salinas, California | 38.7 | 61,091 | 37,467 | 23,624 |
San Diego, California | 38.2 | 815,539 | 503,939 | 311,600 |
Tucson, Arizona | 37.7 | 274,623 | 171,107 | 103,516 |
Fort Collins, Colorado | 37.5 | 86,693 | 54,197 | 32,496 |
Fort Wayne, Indiana | 37.4 | 140,619 | 88,025 | 52,594 |
Norman, Oklahoma | 37.4 | 50,654 | 31,715 | 18,939 |
Fresno, California | 37.0 | 214,741 | 135,250 | 79,491 |
Austin, Texas | 36.8 | 585,103 | 369,969 | 215,134 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 36.4 | 706,553 | 449,532 | 257,021 |
Columbus, Georgia | 35.9 | 110,252 | 70,662 | 39,590 |
Chicago, Illinois | 35.6 | 1,394,957 | 898,956 | 496,001 |
Clarksville, Tennessee | 34.9 | 52,983 | 34,492 | 18,491 |
Bakersfield, California | 33.1 | 143,501 | 96,001 | 47,500 |
Lexington-Fayette urban county, Kentucky | 29.1 | 182,938 | 129,711 | 53,227 |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 28.2 | 107,389 | 77,089 | 30,300 |
Billings, Montana | 27.9 | 65,023 | 46,861 | 18,162 |
Midland, Texas | 27.8 | 58,006 | 41,878 | 16,128 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | 26.8 | 218,644 | 160,069 | 58,575 |
San Antonio, Texas | 26.7 | 719,084 | 527,112 | 191,972 |
Virginia Beach, Virginia | 26.7 | 194,331 | 142,508 | 51,823 |
Wichita, Kansas | 26.3 | 199,747 | 147,204 | 52,543 |
Lawton, Oklahoma | 26.3 | 52,393 | 38,611 | 13,782 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico | 25.8 | 286,985 | 213,058 | 73,927 |
Wichita Falls, Texas | 25.0 | 56,006 | 41,995 | 14,011 |
Brownsville, Texas | 24.9 | 64,868 | 48,734 | 16,134 |
Jacksonville, Florida | 24.8 | 452,404 | 340,353 | 112,051 |
Abilene, Texas | 21.9 | 59,590 | 46,538 | 13,052 |
New York City, New York | 21.5 | 4,304,757 | 3,378,793 | 925,964 |
Amarillo, Texas | 18.6 | 92,353 | 75,220 | 17,133 |
Lubbock, Texas | 18.3 | 124,307 | 101,512 | 22,795 |
Lincoln, Nebraska | 17.5 | 148,991 | 122,926 | 26,065 |
El Paso, Texas | 17.3 | 277,176 | 229,138 | 48,038 |
Corpus Christi, Texas | 16.4 | 148,291 | 123,918 | 24,373 |
Anchorage municipality, Alaska | 9.0 | 163,754 | 148,998 | 14,756 |
Laredo, Texas | 7.2 | 92,328 | 85,687 | 6,641 |
Reverse Commuters Map
Here’s a map showing cities where more residents reverse commute, shown as a share of the total workforce (click to open interactive map in new window). Figures represent residents living in a city, while the table avoce lists those who work in a city,
sure thing. ax the state legislature to just permit Memphis to levy a commuter tax on all them ‘publican suburbanites ’cause we al know they don’t play fair what with their own schools and lower taxes and safe streets and clean neighborhoods and….
see how far the Big Shelby delegation gets, again.
Anon 2:38.
Actually, such authority would stand to benefit the state greatly considering the number of area residents who live in Mississippi and commute to Memphis (and be default, Tennessee) and thus rely on Tennessee services without necessarily providing the finances to support said services. A similar situation exists in Chattanooga and its relation to Georgia. Within the state itself, Nashville would stand to benefit from such authority to a greater extent than Memphis as greater proportion of Nashville’s employment base lives beyond the Nashville/Davison than found locally.
‘suburban White Devils” control both houses in Nashville.
next item.
Anonymous: What makes you believe this requires state legislative approval?
ask for an opinion from the state AG.
Memphis is not advanced sufficiently enough not only to avoid losing commuter revenue, but losing creative minds each year.
They aren’t also smart enough to have planned for toll roads. Stupid, eh ?