Work & commute · Calhoun

Work & commute in Calhoun, MS

Most working residents leave Calhoun for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (6%), Oxford (6%) and Bruce (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 609 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 557 Calhoun residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calhoun.

557live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calhoun goes to work

Calhoun City (in town)right here

9%52

Houston18 mi away

6%37

Oxford36.3 mi away

6%36

Bruce9.3 mi away

6%35

Tupelo43.8 mi away

4%27

Starkville39.2 mi away

3%21

Jackson118.6 mi away

3%19

Grenada29 mi away

3%16

Ecru37.6 mi away

2%15

Pontotoc32.2 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%337

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

How far

How far Calhoun commutes

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

25%

12%

35%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calhoun is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calhoun are

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

Jobs based in Calhoun

405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Calhoun residents hold

609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+6%

Jobs based in Calhoun, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 405. 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.