Work & commute · Grenada

Work & commute in Grenada, MS

45% of Grenada’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (4%), Jackson (4%) and Oxford (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

2,106 of 4,681 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,575 Grenada residents head out of town to work, 2,106 work right here, and 5,803 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grenada.

2,575live here, work elsewhere

2,106live and work here

5,803work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grenada goes to work

Grenada (in town)right here

45%2,106

Greenwood29 mi away

4%182

Jackson103.9 mi away

4%164

Oxford42.4 mi away

3%119

Tupelo70.4 mi away

2%97

Winona20.7 mi away

2%93

Batesville37.8 mi away

2%80

Elliott7.1 mi away

2%73

Starkville60.7 mi away

1%62

Charleston21 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,658

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

How far

How far Grenada commutes

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

49%

14%

31%

49%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grenada is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grenada are

7,909 jobs are based in Grenada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grenada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grenada

7,909 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Grenada residents hold

4,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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Jobs based in Grenada, 2013 → 2023: 7,945 → 7,909. 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.