Work & commute · Booneville

Work & commute in Booneville, MS

About one in 3 of Booneville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (13%), Corinth (5%) and Baldwyn (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,090 of 3,269 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 2,179 Booneville residents head out of town to work, 1,090 work right here, and 4,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Booneville.

2,179live here, work elsewhere

1,090live and work here

4,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Booneville goes to work

Booneville (in town)right here

33%1,090

Tupelo28.8 mi away

13%434

Corinth19.9 mi away

5%154

Baldwyn11.8 mi away

2%78

Guntown16.1 mi away

2%57

New Albany28.4 mi away

1%44

Jackson187.9 mi away

1%41

Ripley21.5 mi away

1%37

Oxford59.3 mi away

1%37

Ecru34 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,269

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

How far

How far Booneville commutes

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

37%

22%

23%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Booneville is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Booneville are

5,651 jobs are based in Booneville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Booneville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Booneville

5,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Booneville residents hold

3,269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+8%

Jobs based in Booneville, 2013 → 2023: 5,223 → 5,651. 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.