Work & commute · De Soto

Work & commute in De Soto, MS

Most working residents leave De Soto for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Quitman (21%), Meridian (17%) and Laurel (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 84 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 84 De Soto residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in De Soto.

84live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where De Soto goes to work

Quitman5.2 mi away

21%18

Meridian28.9 mi away

17%14

Laurel31.4 mi away

10%8

Jackson90.4 mi away

7%6

Enterprise15.2 mi away

4%3

Waynesboro20.7 mi away

4%3

Pachuta10.8 mi away

2%2

Tupelo159.2 mi away

2%2

Butler, AL31.4 mi away

1%1

Northport, AL110.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%26

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

How far

How far De Soto commutes

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

24%

12%

34%

30%

24%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

De Soto is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in De Soto are

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

Jobs based in De Soto

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs De Soto residents hold

84 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−61%

Jobs based in De Soto, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 12. 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.