Work & commute · Durant

Work & commute in Durant, MS

Most working residents leave Durant for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (8%), Kosciusko (5%) and Lexington (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 695 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 650 Durant residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durant.

650live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durant goes to work

Jackson56.8 mi away

8%56

Durant (in town)right here

6%45

Kosciusko15.6 mi away

5%33

Lexington11.4 mi away

3%24

Ridgeland48.7 mi away

3%20

Canton34.9 mi away

3%19

Gluckstadt40.8 mi away

2%16

Greenwood35.8 mi away

2%16

Forest54.5 mi away

2%15

Madison44.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%439

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

How far

How far Durant commutes

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

14%

18%

30%

38%

14%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durant is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Durant are

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

Jobs based in Durant

358 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Durant residents hold

695 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−58%

Jobs based in Durant, 2013 → 2023: 851 → 358. 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.