Work & commute · Itta Bena

Work & commute in Itta Bena, MS

Most working residents leave Itta Bena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (29%), Mississippi Valley State University (9%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 528 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 507 Itta Bena residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Itta Bena.

507live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Itta Bena goes to work

Greenwood7.4 mi away

29%153

Mississippi Valley State University1.3 mi away

9%45

Itta Bena (in town)right here

4%21

Jackson82.4 mi away

4%20

Indianola18.7 mi away

3%18

Greenville42.7 mi away

2%13

Memphis, TN112.7 mi away

2%11

Olive Branch104 mi away

2%8

Starkville86.4 mi away

1%5

Cleveland28.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%230

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

How far

How far Itta Bena commutes

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

56%

27%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Itta Bena is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Itta Bena are

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

Jobs based in Itta Bena

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Itta Bena residents hold

528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month30%

−68%

Jobs based in Itta Bena, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 156. 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.