Work & commute · Ellisville

Work & commute in Ellisville, MS

Most working residents leave Ellisville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Laurel (29%), Hattiesburg (11%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

155 of 1,474 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,319 Ellisville residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 2,773 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellisville.

1,319live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

2,773work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellisville goes to work

Laurel7.4 mi away

29%429

Hattiesburg21 mi away

11%167

Ellisville (in town)right here

11%155

Jackson76.9 mi away

3%47

Collins21.3 mi away

2%32

Meridian62.3 mi away

2%25

Petal17.3 mi away

1%20

Gulfport81.8 mi away

1%17

Ridgeland79.8 mi away

1%16

Pascagoula93.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%552

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

How far

How far Ellisville commutes

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

44%

22%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellisville is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellisville are

2,928 jobs are based in Ellisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellisville

2,928 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Ellisville residents hold

1,474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−26%

Jobs based in Ellisville, 2013 → 2023: 3,960 → 2,928. 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.