Work & commute · Corinth

Work & commute in Corinth, MS

About one in 3 of Corinth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (7%), Booneville (4%) and Selmer (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,795 of 5,114 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,319 Corinth residents head out of town to work, 1,795 work right here, and 6,501 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corinth.

3,319live here, work elsewhere

1,795live and work here

6,501work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corinth goes to work

Corinth (in town)right here

35%1,795

Tupelo48.5 mi away

7%341

Booneville19.9 mi away

4%228

Selmer, TN16 mi away

1%74

Jackson206.5 mi away

1%63

Oxford71.3 mi away

1%61

Iuka20.4 mi away

1%45

New Albany42.7 mi away

1%44

Memphis, TN83.1 mi away

1%43

Florence, AL48.9 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%2,383

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

How far

How far Corinth commutes

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

51%

13%

23%

51%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corinth is a job hub

1.62jobs 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 Corinth are

8,296 jobs are based in Corinth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corinth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corinth

8,296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Corinth residents hold

5,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−15%

Jobs based in Corinth, 2013 → 2023: 9,782 → 8,296. 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.