Work & commute · Olive Branch

Work & commute in Olive Branch, IL

Most working residents leave Olive Branch for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cape Girardeau (17%), Cairo (5%) and Anna (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 221 Olive Branch residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olive Branch.

221live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olive Branch goes to work

Cape Girardeau, MO14.4 mi away

17%40

Cairo15.3 mi away

5%12

Anna20.1 mi away

4%10

Olive Branch (in town)right here

3%8

Paducah, KY39.6 mi away

2%5

Jackson, MO21.5 mi away

2%5

Charleston, MO18.4 mi away

2%4

Dongola15.7 mi away

1%3

Mounds9.4 mi away

1%3

Jonesboro19 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%136

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

How far

How far Olive Branch commutes

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

15%

46%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olive Branch is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Olive Branch are

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

Jobs based in Olive Branch

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Olive Branch residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+41%

Jobs based in Olive Branch, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 45. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

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.