Work & commute · Clara

Work & commute in Clara, MS

Most working residents leave Clara for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waynesboro (30%), Laurel (16%) and Hattiesburg (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 140 Clara residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clara.

140live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clara goes to work

Waynesboro7.4 mi away

30%42

Laurel27.9 mi away

16%23

Hattiesburg41.5 mi away

8%11

Ellisville30.5 mi away

3%4

Gulfport83.4 mi away

3%4

Wiggins56.8 mi away

2%3

Jackson102.6 mi away

2%3

Houston, TX416.8 mi away

2%3

Lafayette, LA219.5 mi away

1%2

New Augusta32.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%45

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

How far

How far Clara commutes

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

36%

38%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clara is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clara are

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

Jobs based in Clara

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Clara residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−23%

Jobs based in Clara, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 60. 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.