Work & commute · Flowood

Work & commute in Flowood, MS

Most working residents leave Flowood for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (32%), Ridgeland (9%) and Pearl (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

693 of 4,481 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,788 Flowood residents head out of town to work, 693 work right here, and 23,002 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flowood.

3,788live here, work elsewhere

693live and work here

23,002work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flowood goes to work

Jackson8.3 mi away

32%1,443

Flowood (in town)right here

15%693

Ridgeland8 mi away

9%416

Pearl4.6 mi away

6%258

Brandon6.3 mi away

4%197

Madison10.1 mi away

3%122

Richland8.9 mi away

2%106

Clinton15.8 mi away

2%80

Gluckstadt13.3 mi away

1%61

Canton18.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,057

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

How far

How far Flowood commutes

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

68%

19%

10%

68%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flowood is a job hub

5.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flowood are

23,695 jobs are based in Flowood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flowood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flowood

23,695 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Flowood residents hold

4,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+33%

Jobs based in Flowood, 2013 → 2023: 17,756 → 23,695. 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.