Work & commute · Brookhaven

Work & commute in Brookhaven, MS

43% of Brookhaven’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jackson (6%), McComb (4%) and Hattiesburg (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

1,971 of 4,555 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,584 Brookhaven residents head out of town to work, 1,971 work right here, and 8,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookhaven.

2,584live here, work elsewhere

1,971live and work here

8,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookhaven goes to work

Brookhaven (in town)right here

43%1,971

Jackson52.6 mi away

6%286

McComb23.3 mi away

4%197

Hattiesburg69 mi away

3%115

Ridgeland60.5 mi away

2%91

Hazlehurst19.8 mi away

2%78

Flowood56.5 mi away

1%60

Pearl51.9 mi away

1%46

Natchez55.5 mi away

1%42

Vicksburg57.3 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,628

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

How far

How far Brookhaven commutes

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

49%

32%

49%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookhaven is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookhaven are

10,644 jobs are based in Brookhaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookhaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookhaven

10,644 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Brookhaven residents hold

4,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+12%

Jobs based in Brookhaven, 2013 → 2023: 9,523 → 10,644. 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.