Work & commute · Coldwater

Work & commute in Coldwater, MS

Most working residents leave Coldwater for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (17%), Southaven (11%) and Olive Branch (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 485 Coldwater residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coldwater.

485live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coldwater goes to work

Memphis, TN28.9 mi away

17%84

Southaven18.1 mi away

11%56

Olive Branch19.9 mi away

10%49

Senatobia5.7 mi away

10%48

Hernando11 mi away

9%46

Horn Lake18.6 mi away

3%16

Jackson164.6 mi away

2%12

Coldwater (in town)right here

2%9

Clarksdale48.2 mi away

2%9

Batesville25.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%157

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

How far

How far Coldwater commutes

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

21%

35%

26%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coldwater is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Coldwater are

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

Jobs based in Coldwater

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Coldwater residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+67%

Jobs based in Coldwater, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 378. 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.