Work & commute · Blue Springs

Work & commute in Blue Springs, MS

Most working residents leave Blue Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (26%), New Albany (21%) and Pontotoc (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 158 Blue Springs residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Springs.

158live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Springs goes to work

Tupelo12.1 mi away

26%42

New Albany10.5 mi away

21%34

Pontotoc12.1 mi away

3%5

Southaven73.2 mi away

3%5

Oxford37.4 mi away

2%3

Ecru8.7 mi away

1%2

Saltillo10.7 mi away

1%2

Baldwyn15.8 mi away

1%2

Amory36.5 mi away

1%2

Booneville26 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%60

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

How far

How far Blue Springs commutes

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

17%

57%

20%

17%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Springs is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Springs are

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

Jobs based in Blue Springs

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Blue Springs residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−86%

Jobs based in Blue Springs, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 15. 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.