Work & commute · Ecru

Work & commute in Ecru, MS

Most working residents leave Ecru for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (20%), Pontotoc (18%) and New Albany (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 374 Ecru residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 2,825 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ecru.

374live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

2,825work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ecru goes to work

Tupelo17.6 mi away

20%82

Pontotoc6.8 mi away

18%73

Ecru (in town)right here

9%39

New Albany10 mi away

8%31

Oxford29.2 mi away

3%12

Jackson156.2 mi away

2%9

Memphis, TN75 mi away

2%8

Sherman10.7 mi away

1%6

Columbus68 mi away

1%6

Booneville34 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%142

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

How far

How far Ecru commutes

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

41%

32%

11%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ecru is a job hub

6.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ecru are

2,864 jobs are based in Ecru. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ecru’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ecru

2,864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ecru residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+1%

Jobs based in Ecru, 2013 → 2023: 2,843 → 2,864. 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.