Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, MS

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (19%), Ridgeland (7%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

803 of 4,313 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,510 Canton residents head out of town to work, 803 work right here, and 5,893 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

3,510live here, work elsewhere

803live and work here

5,893work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Jackson22.2 mi away

19%812

Canton (in town)right here

19%803

Ridgeland14.2 mi away

7%289

Madison10.3 mi away

5%227

Gluckstadt6.3 mi away

5%198

Flowood18.3 mi away

4%166

Pearl22.9 mi away

2%72

Flora16.8 mi away

1%63

Richland26.5 mi away

1%51

Clinton24.7 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,582

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

39%

38%

10%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

6,696 jobs are based in Canton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Canton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Canton

6,696 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Canton residents hold

4,313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+12%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 5,970 → 6,696. 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.