Work & commute · Iuka

Work & commute in Iuka, MS

About one in 5 of Iuka’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corinth (11%), Tupelo (7%) and Booneville (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

253 of 1,199 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 946 Iuka residents head out of town to work, 253 work right here, and 1,603 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iuka.

946live here, work elsewhere

253live and work here

1,603work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iuka goes to work

Iuka (in town)right here

21%253

Corinth20.4 mi away

11%130

Tupelo48 mi away

7%83

Booneville23.3 mi away

3%40

Belmont20.9 mi away

3%33

Burnsville7.1 mi away

3%30

Florence, AL30.4 mi away

2%22

Jackson207.6 mi away

1%17

Muscle Shoals, AL32.3 mi away

1%13

Oxford82.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%566

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

How far

How far Iuka commutes

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

33%

28%

16%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iuka is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Iuka are

1,856 jobs are based in Iuka. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iuka’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Iuka

1,856 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Iuka residents hold

1,199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

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Jobs based in Iuka, 2013 → 2023: 1,850 → 1,856. 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.