Work & commute · Crystal Springs

Work & commute in Crystal Springs, MS

Most working residents leave Crystal Springs for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (19%), Hazlehurst (5%) and Flowood (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

224 of 1,790 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,566 Crystal Springs residents head out of town to work, 224 work right here, and 1,023 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal Springs.

1,566live here, work elsewhere

224live and work here

1,023work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal Springs goes to work

Jackson24 mi away

19%337

Crystal Springs (in town)right here

13%224

Hazlehurst9 mi away

5%93

Flowood29.1 mi away

5%86

Brookhaven28.8 mi away

3%59

Ridgeland32 mi away

3%53

Byram14.5 mi away

3%52

Pearl24.7 mi away

3%51

Richland20.2 mi away

2%35

McComb52 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%770

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

How far

How far Crystal Springs commutes

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

23%

24%

32%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal Springs is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal Springs are

1,247 jobs are based in Crystal Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Crystal Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Crystal Springs

1,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Crystal Springs residents hold

1,790 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−31%

Jobs based in Crystal Springs, 2013 → 2023: 1,802 → 1,247. 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.