TownTapestry
Sign inJoin
AckermanGood evening
Work & commute · Ackerman

Work & commute in Ackerman, MS

Most working residents leave Ackerman for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Starkville (7%), Jackson (5%) and Eupora (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
85 of 532 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 447 Ackerman residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ackerman.

447live here, work elsewhere
85live and work here
633work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ackerman goes to work

French CampWeirAckermanMathistonEuporaKosciuskoPhiladelphiaLouisvilleRidgelandColumbusStarkvilleJacksonTupeloLas CrucesStarkvilleJacksonEuporaWeirLouisvilleTupeloColumbusPhiladelphiaRidgelandAckerman
1
Ackerman (in town)right here
16%85
2
Starkville22.4 mi away
7%35
3
Jackson91.6 mi away
5%26
4
Eupora17.2 mi away
3%16
5
Weir8 mi away
3%14
6
Louisville14.6 mi away
3%14
7
Tupelo70.9 mi away
3%14
8
Columbus46.1 mi away
2%13
9
Philadelphia37.2 mi away
2%8
10
Ridgeland84.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%299

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

How far

How far Ackerman commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ackerman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ackerman are

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

Jobs based in Ackerman

718 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Ackerman residents hold

532 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+24%

Jobs based in Ackerman, 2013 → 2023: 579 → 718. 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.

The porch light’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Ackerman, MSView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map

Local begins with a boundary.

See what belongs to your selected town.

Loading boundary…

Ackerman is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01
Open detailed map