Work & commute · Byram

Work & commute in Byram, MS

Most working residents leave Byram for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (41%), Flowood (7%) and Ridgeland (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 5,546 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 5,324 Byram residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 2,566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Byram.

5,324live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

2,566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Byram goes to work

Jackson9.6 mi away

41%2,249

Flowood16 mi away

7%361

Ridgeland17.6 mi away

6%321

Pearl12.6 mi away

4%229

Byram (in town)right here

4%222

Richland7.9 mi away

3%177

Clinton11.7 mi away

3%155

Brandon18.3 mi away

2%112

Madison21.5 mi away

2%86

Canton31.8 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,573

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

How far

How far Byram commutes

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

29%

50%

11%

29%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Byram is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Byram are

2,788 jobs are based in Byram. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Byram’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Byram

2,788 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Byram residents hold

5,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+8%

Jobs based in Byram, 2013 → 2023: 2,589 → 2,788. 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.