Work & commute · Leakesville

Work & commute in Leakesville, MS

Most working residents leave Leakesville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (8%), Lucedale (4%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

107 of 711 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 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 604 Leakesville residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 873 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leakesville.

604live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

873work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leakesville goes to work

Leakesville (in town)right here

15%107

Hattiesburg46.3 mi away

8%57

Lucedale15.2 mi away

4%29

Jackson126.4 mi away

4%29

Waynesboro36.8 mi away

3%24

Laurel51.1 mi away

3%23

Meridian85.7 mi away

2%12

Gulfport58.9 mi away

2%11

McComb113.4 mi away

1%9

Petal42.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%402

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

How far

How far Leakesville commutes

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

21%

11%

21%

47%

21%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leakesville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leakesville are

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

Jobs based in Leakesville

980 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Leakesville residents hold

711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+2%

Jobs based in Leakesville, 2013 → 2023: 965 → 980. 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.