Work & commute · Tupelo

Work & commute in Tupelo, AR

Most working residents leave Tupelo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (24%), Little Rock (12%) and Amagon (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17 Tupelo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tupelo.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tupelo goes to work

Newport16.1 mi away

24%4

Little Rock78.6 mi away

12%2

Amagon13.7 mi away

6%1

Diaz17.9 mi away

6%1

White Hall91.5 mi away

6%1

Harrison121 mi away

6%1

Blytheville83.3 mi away

6%1

Jonesboro42.9 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%5

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Tupelo commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

53%

35%

6%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tupelo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tupelo are

15 jobs are based in Tupelo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tupelo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tupelo

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Tupelo residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.