Work & commute · Inverness

Work & commute in Inverness, MS

Most working residents leave Inverness for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Indianola (31%), Greenwood (7%) and Cleveland (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 309 Inverness residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inverness.

309live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inverness goes to work

Indianola7.2 mi away

31%100

Greenwood25.1 mi away

7%21

Cleveland28.1 mi away

5%15

Greenville26.7 mi away

5%15

Inverness (in town)right here

4%12

Jackson75 mi away

3%11

Ruleville25.7 mi away

3%9

Belzoni13.4 mi away

2%8

Memphis, TN126.4 mi away

2%5

Oxford91.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%121

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

How far

How far Inverness commutes

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

42%

13%

22%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inverness is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inverness are

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

Jobs based in Inverness

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Inverness residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−14%

Jobs based in Inverness, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 131. 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.