Work & commute · Batesville

Work & commute in Batesville, MS

About one in 3 of Batesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oxford (9%), Memphis (6%) and Olive Branch (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,053 of 3,069 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,016 Batesville residents head out of town to work, 1,053 work right here, and 6,329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batesville.

2,016live here, work elsewhere

1,053live and work here

6,329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batesville goes to work

Batesville (in town)right here

34%1,053

Oxford22.2 mi away

9%276

Memphis, TN54.5 mi away

6%172

Olive Branch44.1 mi away

4%110

Southaven43.7 mi away

3%105

Senatobia20.1 mi away

3%83

Grenada37.8 mi away

2%58

Jackson139.5 mi away

2%55

Clarksdale37.8 mi away

1%37

Holly Springs41.7 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,085

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

How far

How far Batesville commutes

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

39%

16%

21%

24%

39%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batesville is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Batesville are

7,382 jobs are based in Batesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Batesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Batesville

7,382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Batesville residents hold

3,069 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−10%

Jobs based in Batesville, 2013 → 2023: 8,226 → 7,382. 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.