Work & commute · Gunnison

Work & commute in Gunnison, MS

Most working residents leave Gunnison for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Shelby (9%) and Cleveland (9%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 76 Gunnison residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gunnison.

76live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gunnison goes to work

Jackson120.2 mi away

10%8

Shelby10.4 mi away

9%7

Cleveland18.6 mi away

9%7

Clarksdale27.7 mi away

9%7

Mound Bayou13.2 mi away

5%4

Memphis, TN97.9 mi away

5%4

Indianola38.3 mi away

4%3

Beulah10.7 mi away

3%2

Gunnison (in town)right here

3%2

Aberdeen137.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%32

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

How far

How far Gunnison commutes

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

31%

19%

44%

6%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gunnison is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gunnison are

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

Jobs based in Gunnison

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Gunnison residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month31%

+650%

Jobs based in Gunnison, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 15. 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.