Work & commute · Horn Lake

Work & commute in Horn Lake, MS

Most working residents leave Horn Lake for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (34%), Southaven (17%) and Olive Branch (12%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

753 of 11,929 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 11,176 Horn Lake residents head out of town to work, 753 work right here, and 4,850 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horn Lake.

11,176live here, work elsewhere

753live and work here

4,850work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horn Lake goes to work

Memphis, TN11.8 mi away

34%4,008

Southaven4.1 mi away

17%1,982

Olive Branch11.8 mi away

12%1,378

Horn Lake (in town)right here

6%753

Hernando7.8 mi away

6%700

Tunica Resorts17.8 mi away

2%294

Collierville, TN21 mi away

1%144

Jackson182.4 mi away

1%141

Tupelo88.5 mi away

1%93

Senatobia24 mi away

1%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%2,348

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

How far

How far Horn Lake commutes

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

29%

55%

12%

29%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horn Lake is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horn Lake are

5,603 jobs are based in Horn Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Horn Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Horn Lake

5,603 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Horn Lake residents hold

11,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+39%

Jobs based in Horn Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4,025 → 5,603. 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.