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Work & commute · De Kalb

Work & commute in De Kalb, MS

Most working residents leave De Kalb for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Meridian (22%), Philadelphia (4%) and Scooba (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
18%
57 of 319 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 262 De Kalb residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 842 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Kalb.

262live here, work elsewhere
57live and work here
842work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where De Kalb goes to work

LivingstonSebastopolScoobaDe KalbMarionMaconMageePhiladelphiaLouisvilleColumbusStarkvilleJacksonHattiesburgMeridianMeridianPhiladelphiaScoobaJacksonLivingstonHattiesburgSebastopolMaconMageeDe Kalb
1
Meridian27 mi away
22%70
2
De Kalb (in town)right here
18%57
3
Philadelphia27 mi away
4%14
4
Scooba11.2 mi away
3%9
5
Jackson96 mi away
3%8
6
Livingston, AL30 mi away
2%7
7
Hattiesburg108.4 mi away
2%5
8
Sebastopol41.9 mi away
1%4
9
Macon24.8 mi away
1%4
10
Magee88.5 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%137

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

How far

How far De Kalb commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
36%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

De Kalb is a job hub

2.82jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Kalb are

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

Jobs based in De Kalb

899 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs De Kalb residents hold

319 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+47%

Jobs based in De Kalb, 2013 → 2023: 611 → 899. 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.

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