Work & commute · Indianola

Work & commute in Indianola, MS

About one in 3 of Indianola’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Greenville (6%), Greenwood (6%) and Cleveland (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,163 of 3,315 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,152 Indianola residents head out of town to work, 1,163 work right here, and 3,159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Indianola.

2,152live here, work elsewhere

1,163live and work here

3,159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Indianola goes to work

Indianola (in town)right here

35%1,163

Greenville24 mi away

6%196

Greenwood26 mi away

6%187

Cleveland21 mi away

4%126

Jackson82.2 mi away

3%103

Ruleville19.8 mi away

2%70

Memphis, TN121 mi away

1%40

Clarksdale51.6 mi away

1%35

Olive Branch113.8 mi away

1%35

Leland14.6 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,326

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

How far

How far Indianola commutes

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

41%

22%

10%

27%

41%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Indianola is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Indianola are

4,322 jobs are based in Indianola. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Indianola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Indianola

4,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Indianola residents hold

3,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+3%

Jobs based in Indianola, 2013 → 2023: 4,195 → 4,322. 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.