Work & commute · Amory

Work & commute in Amory, MS

About one in 4 of Amory’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (16%), Aberdeen (6%) and Fulton (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

612 of 2,516 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,904 Amory residents head out of town to work, 612 work right here, and 3,035 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amory.

1,904live here, work elsewhere

612live and work here

3,035work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amory goes to work

Amory (in town)right here

24%612

Tupelo24.5 mi away

16%413

Aberdeen11.4 mi away

6%152

Fulton20 mi away

4%95

Columbus33 mi away

4%90

Starkville41 mi away

2%52

Jackson152.5 mi away

2%48

West Point27.8 mi away

1%32

Nettleton10.8 mi away

1%30

Shannon15.1 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%963

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

How far

How far Amory commutes

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

28%

34%

20%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amory is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Amory are

3,647 jobs are based in Amory. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amory’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amory

3,647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Amory residents hold

2,516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−8%

Jobs based in Amory, 2013 → 2023: 3,975 → 3,647. 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.