Work & commute · Hazlehurst

Work & commute in Hazlehurst, MS

About one in 5 of Hazlehurst’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (14%), Brookhaven (9%) and Crystal Springs (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

278 of 1,311 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 1,033 Hazlehurst residents head out of town to work, 278 work right here, and 2,218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazlehurst.

1,033live here, work elsewhere

278live and work here

2,218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazlehurst goes to work

Hazlehurst (in town)right here

21%278

Jackson33 mi away

14%181

Brookhaven19.8 mi away

9%115

Crystal Springs9 mi away

4%56

McComb43 mi away

3%34

Ridgeland41 mi away

2%26

Pearl33.2 mi away

2%26

Flowood37.6 mi away

2%25

Hattiesburg74.1 mi away

2%24

Clinton34 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%529

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

How far

How far Hazlehurst commutes

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

32%

13%

34%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazlehurst is a job hub

1.90jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazlehurst are

2,496 jobs are based in Hazlehurst. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazlehurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazlehurst

2,496 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Hazlehurst residents hold

1,311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−9%

Jobs based in Hazlehurst, 2013 → 2023: 2,733 → 2,496. 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.