Work & commute · Hernando

Work & commute in Hernando, MS

Most working residents leave Hernando for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (32%), Southaven (13%) and Olive Branch (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,530 of 7,974 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 6,444 Hernando residents head out of town to work, 1,530 work right here, and 9,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hernando.

6,444live here, work elsewhere

1,530live and work here

9,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hernando goes to work

Memphis, TN18 mi away

32%2,579

Hernando (in town)right here

19%1,530

Southaven7.1 mi away

13%1,053

Olive Branch11.3 mi away

8%643

Horn Lake7.8 mi away

2%181

Collierville, TN21.7 mi away

2%150

Senatobia16.7 mi away

2%123

Tunica Resorts18.7 mi away

1%89

Jackson175.5 mi away

1%69

Germantown, TN20 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,489

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

How far

How far Hernando commutes

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

32%

54%

10%

32%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hernando is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hernando are

10,861 jobs are based in Hernando. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hernando’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hernando

10,861 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hernando residents hold

7,974 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+28%

Jobs based in Hernando, 2013 → 2023: 8,514 → 10,861. 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.