Work & commute · Byhalia

Work & commute in Byhalia, MS

Most working residents leave Byhalia for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (22%), Olive Branch (17%) and Southaven (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 536 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 507 Byhalia residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 1,314 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byhalia.

507live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

1,314work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byhalia goes to work

Memphis, TN22.9 mi away

22%118

Olive Branch10.4 mi away

17%90

Southaven17.2 mi away

7%39

Collierville, TN12.4 mi away

6%32

Byhalia (in town)right here

5%29

Holly Springs15.2 mi away

4%20

Hernando17.2 mi away

4%20

Batesville40.2 mi away

1%8

Jackson179 mi away

1%7

Tupelo68.4 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%166

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

How far

How far Byhalia commutes

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

21%

59%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byhalia is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Byhalia are

1,343 jobs are based in Byhalia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byhalia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byhalia

1,343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Byhalia residents hold

536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+33%

Jobs based in Byhalia, 2013 → 2023: 1,007 → 1,343. 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.