Work & commute · Florence

Work & commute in Florence, MS

Most working residents leave Florence for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (25%), Flowood (10%) and Richland (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

97 of 1,886 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,789 Florence residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 2,619 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florence.

1,789live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

2,619work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florence goes to work

Jackson12.3 mi away

25%463

Flowood12.8 mi away

10%190

Richland5.6 mi away

8%156

Pearl8.2 mi away

7%126

Ridgeland18.7 mi away

6%121

Florence (in town)right here

5%97

Brandon11.4 mi away

5%95

Clinton18.8 mi away

2%33

Madison22 mi away

2%31

Byram9.9 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%547

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

How far

How far Florence commutes

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

32%

50%

12%

32%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florence is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Florence are

2,716 jobs are based in Florence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florence

2,716 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Florence residents hold

1,886 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+5%

Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 2,589 → 2,716. 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.