Work & commute · Drew

Work & commute in Drew, MS

Most working residents leave Drew for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (14%), Ruleville (11%) and Jackson (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 375 Drew residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drew.

375live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drew goes to work

Cleveland12.3 mi away

14%53

Ruleville6 mi away

11%44

Jackson104.9 mi away

7%29

Greenwood28 mi away

4%14

Clarksdale26.6 mi away

4%14

Drew (in town)right here

3%13

Memphis, TN95.3 mi away

3%11

Indianola25.8 mi away

2%9

Oxford68 mi away

1%5

Greenville42.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%191

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

How far

How far Drew commutes

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

25%

20%

16%

39%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drew is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drew are

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

Jobs based in Drew

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Drew residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−87%

Jobs based in Drew, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 161. 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.