Work & commute · Hickory Flat

Work & commute in Hickory Flat, MS

Most working residents leave Hickory Flat for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Holly Springs (8%), Memphis (8%) and New Albany (7%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 210 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 204 Hickory Flat residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hickory Flat.

204live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hickory Flat goes to work

Holly Springs18.3 mi away

8%17

Memphis, TN55.7 mi away

8%16

New Albany12.9 mi away

7%15

Ashland15.1 mi away

6%13

Tupelo35.4 mi away

6%13

Olive Branch43.7 mi away

5%11

Hickory Flat (in town)right here

3%6

Ripley16.7 mi away

2%5

Booneville35.6 mi away

2%4

Madison157.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%106

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

How far

How far Hickory Flat commutes

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

34%

31%

26%

8%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hickory Flat is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hickory Flat are

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

Jobs based in Hickory Flat

148 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hickory Flat residents hold

210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+40%

Jobs based in Hickory Flat, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 148. 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.