Work & commute · Falkner

Work & commute in Falkner, MS

Most working residents leave Falkner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ripley (12%), Tupelo (7%) and Corinth (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 178 Falkner residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falkner.

178live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falkner goes to work

Ripley7.2 mi away

12%22

Tupelo41.2 mi away

7%13

Corinth25.8 mi away

7%12

Walnut7.7 mi away

6%10

Memphis, TN60.7 mi away

5%9

New Albany24.3 mi away

4%8

Middleton, TN16.2 mi away

3%5

Ecru34.2 mi away

2%4

Pontotoc40.8 mi away

2%4

Booneville24.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%89

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

How far

How far Falkner commutes

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

31%

22%

28%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falkner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Falkner are

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

Jobs based in Falkner

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Falkner residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+37%

Jobs based in Falkner, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 201. 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.