Work & commute · Baldwyn

Work & commute in Baldwyn, MS

Most working residents leave Baldwyn for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (26%), Booneville (7%) and Guntown (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

126 of 1,377 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,251 Baldwyn residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 1,125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baldwyn.

1,251live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

1,125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baldwyn goes to work

Tupelo17 mi away

26%357

Baldwyn (in town)right here

9%126

Booneville11.8 mi away

7%91

Guntown4.4 mi away

3%41

Saltillo9.2 mi away

2%26

Fulton21.7 mi away

2%22

Jackson176.3 mi away

1%20

Ecru24.4 mi away

1%18

Corinth31.5 mi away

1%18

Olive Branch74.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%641

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

How far

How far Baldwyn commutes

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

27%

45%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baldwyn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baldwyn are

1,251 jobs are based in Baldwyn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baldwyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baldwyn

1,251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Baldwyn residents hold

1,377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−39%

Jobs based in Baldwyn, 2013 → 2023: 2,057 → 1,251. 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.