Work & commute · Brooksville

Work & commute in Brooksville, MS

Most working residents leave Brooksville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Macon (15%), Columbus (7%) and Starkville (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 255 Brooksville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooksville.

255live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooksville goes to work

Macon8 mi away

15%38

Columbus21.2 mi away

7%19

Starkville21.3 mi away

4%11

Louisville28.7 mi away

3%9

West Point25.9 mi away

3%7

Jackson114.3 mi away

2%6

Tupelo72 mi away

2%5

Ridgeland107.7 mi away

2%4

Southaven143 mi away

2%4

Shuqualak17.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%152

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

How far

How far Brooksville commutes

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

25%

26%

14%

35%

25%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooksville is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooksville are

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

Jobs based in Brooksville

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Brooksville residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−62%

Jobs based in Brooksville, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 121. 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.