Work & commute · Bassfield

Work & commute in Bassfield, MS

Most working residents leave Bassfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (14%), Columbia (9%) and Laurel (8%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 73 Bassfield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bassfield.

73live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bassfield goes to work

Hattiesburg28.4 mi away

14%10

Columbia17 mi away

9%7

Laurel37.6 mi away

8%6

Prentiss10.5 mi away

5%4

Collins14.8 mi away

5%4

Brookhaven41.5 mi away

4%3

Jackson62.9 mi away

4%3

Madison71.3 mi away

3%2

Flowood61.2 mi away

3%2

Costa Mesa, CA1641.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%32

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

How far

How far Bassfield commutes

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

36%

32%

30%

3%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bassfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bassfield are

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

Jobs based in Bassfield

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Bassfield residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−38%

Jobs based in Bassfield, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 58. 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.