Work & commute · Lauderdale

Work & commute in Lauderdale, MS

Most working residents leave Lauderdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Meridian (37%), Livingston (4%) and Meridian Station (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

78 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 136 Lauderdale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lauderdale.

136live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lauderdale goes to work

Meridian12.9 mi away

37%50

Livingston, AL20.6 mi away

4%5

Meridian Station5.4 mi away

4%5

Laurel67.4 mi away

3%4

Carthage60.8 mi away

2%3

Nellieburg16.7 mi away

2%3

Pearl River46 mi away

2%3

Tuscaloosa, AL76.5 mi away

1%2

Marion9.2 mi away

1%2

Purvis107.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%57

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

How far

How far Lauderdale commutes

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

19%

48%

27%

19%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lauderdale is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lauderdale are

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

Jobs based in Lauderdale

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Lauderdale residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−51%

Jobs based in Lauderdale, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 29. 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.