Work & commute · Columbus AFB

Work & commute in Columbus AFB, MS

Most working residents leave Columbus AFB for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (12%), Starkville (6%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 81 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

81 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 203 Columbus AFB residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbus AFB.

203live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbus AFB goes to work

Columbus8.5 mi away

12%26

Starkville24.8 mi away

6%12

Jackson136.8 mi away

5%11

Columbus AFB (in town)right here

4%8

Ridgeland129.6 mi away

3%6

Oxford80.1 mi away

2%5

Tupelo47.4 mi away

2%5

Houston37 mi away

2%4

Philadelphia70.7 mi away

2%4

Vicksburg167.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%126

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

How far

How far Columbus AFB commutes

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

16%

13%

64%

16%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

64%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbus AFB is a job hub

3.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbus AFB are

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

Jobs based in Columbus AFB

688 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Columbus AFB residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+317%

Jobs based in Columbus AFB, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 688. 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.