Work & commute · Clarksdale

Work & commute in Clarksdale, MS

40% of Clarksdale’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Memphis (6%), Tunica Resorts (5%) and Olive Branch (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

2,112 of 5,316 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,204 Clarksdale residents head out of town to work, 2,112 work right here, and 2,904 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksdale.

3,204live here, work elsewhere

2,112live and work here

2,904work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksdale goes to work

Clarksdale (in town)right here

40%2,112

Memphis, TN71.9 mi away

6%297

Tunica Resorts45.8 mi away

5%265

Olive Branch67 mi away

4%208

Jackson131.4 mi away

2%115

Cleveland32.4 mi away

2%100

Southaven62.3 mi away

2%98

Oxford59.9 mi away

2%83

Greenwood51.6 mi away

1%68

Batesville37.8 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,903

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

How far

How far Clarksdale commutes

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

45%

13%

36%

45%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksdale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksdale are

5,016 jobs are based in Clarksdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarksdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarksdale

5,016 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Clarksdale residents hold

5,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−21%

Jobs based in Clarksdale, 2013 → 2023: 6,317 → 5,016. 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.