Work & commute · Lambert

Work & commute in Lambert, MS

Most working residents leave Lambert for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marks (12%), Batesville (10%) and Clarksdale (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 303 Lambert residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lambert.

303live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lambert goes to work

Marks3.7 mi away

12%37

Batesville22.2 mi away

10%32

Clarksdale16.2 mi away

7%22

Memphis, TN65.3 mi away

6%17

Olive Branch58 mi away

4%12

Oxford43.9 mi away

3%10

Greenwood47.8 mi away

2%7

Southaven54.8 mi away

2%7

Grenada39.7 mi away

2%7

Jackson130.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%149

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

How far

How far Lambert commutes

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

21%

25%

18%

36%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lambert is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lambert are

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

Jobs based in Lambert

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Lambert residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month29%

−43%

Jobs based in Lambert, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 32. 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.