Work & commute · Heidelberg

Work & commute in Heidelberg, MS

Most working residents leave Heidelberg for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Laurel (34%), Jackson (6%) and Meridian (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

24 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 183 Heidelberg residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heidelberg.

183live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heidelberg goes to work

Laurel16.7 mi away

34%71

Heidelberg (in town)right here

12%24

Jackson77.4 mi away

6%13

Meridian38.4 mi away

4%9

Ellisville24 mi away

4%8

Bay Springs18 mi away

4%8

Quitman18.9 mi away

3%6

Collins37.8 mi away

1%3

Hattiesburg44.7 mi away

1%3

Newton31.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%60

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

How far

How far Heidelberg commutes

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

13%

49%

16%

22%

13%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heidelberg is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Heidelberg are

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

Jobs based in Heidelberg

325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Heidelberg residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−39%

Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 534 → 325. 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.