Work & commute · Buckatunna

Work & commute in Buckatunna, MS

Most working residents leave Buckatunna for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (19%), Laurel (18%) and Hattiesburg (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 145 Buckatunna residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckatunna.

145live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckatunna goes to work

Waynesboro10.4 mi away

19%29

Laurel37.3 mi away

18%27

Hattiesburg49.2 mi away

8%12

Leakesville27.9 mi away

3%5

Buckatunna (in town)right here

3%5

Gulfport84.5 mi away

2%3

Tupelo188.1 mi away

2%3

Meridian58.1 mi away

2%3

Chatom, AL17.9 mi away

1%2

Quitman35.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%59

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

How far

How far Buckatunna commutes

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

10%

25%

33%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckatunna is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckatunna are

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

Jobs based in Buckatunna

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Buckatunna residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+57%

Jobs based in Buckatunna, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 152. 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.