Work & commute · Fayette

Work & commute in Fayette, MS

About one in 5 of Fayette’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (8%), Natchez (3%) and Vicksburg (3%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

60 of 290 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 230 Fayette residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayette.

230live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

467work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayette goes to work

Fayette (in town)right here

21%60

Jackson64.9 mi away

8%23

Natchez22.4 mi away

3%9

Vicksburg43.4 mi away

3%8

Flowood72.2 mi away

2%7

Port Gibson17.5 mi away

2%6

Richland63.9 mi away

2%6

Laurel112.5 mi away

2%6

McComb47.5 mi away

2%5

Brookhaven37.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%155

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

How far

How far Fayette commutes

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

26%

17%

12%

45%

26%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayette is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayette are

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

Jobs based in Fayette

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fayette residents hold

290 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−6%

Jobs based in Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 559 → 527. 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.