Work & commute · Kosciusko

Work & commute in Kosciusko, MS

About one in 3 of Kosciusko’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (4%), Carthage (3%) and Starkville (2%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

758 of 2,393 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,635 Kosciusko residents head out of town to work, 758 work right here, and 2,460 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kosciusko.

1,635live here, work elsewhere

758live and work here

2,460work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kosciusko goes to work

Kosciusko (in town)right here

32%758

Jackson62.8 mi away

4%90

Carthage21.9 mi away

3%64

Starkville52.1 mi away

2%46

Greenwood47.2 mi away

2%39

Tupelo97.2 mi away

1%34

Columbus75 mi away

1%28

Oxford89.4 mi away

1%27

Philadelphia33.4 mi away

1%22

Ridgeland55 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,264

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

How far

How far Kosciusko commutes

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

40%

14%

12%

34%

40%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kosciusko is balanced between jobs and homes

1.34jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kosciusko are

3,218 jobs are based in Kosciusko. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kosciusko’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kosciusko

3,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Kosciusko residents hold

2,393 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−4%

Jobs based in Kosciusko, 2013 → 2023: 3,349 → 3,218. 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.