Work & commute · Leland

Work & commute in Leland, MS

Most working residents leave Leland for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (24%), Indianola (7%) and Cleveland (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

259 of 1,405 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,146 Leland residents head out of town to work, 259 work right here, and 854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leland.

1,146live here, work elsewhere

259live and work here

854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leland goes to work

Greenville9.4 mi away

24%340

Leland (in town)right here

18%259

Indianola14.6 mi away

7%100

Cleveland25.2 mi away

4%55

Jackson84.9 mi away

4%53

Greenwood40.6 mi away

3%37

Memphis, TN129 mi away

2%23

Olive Branch122.8 mi away

1%19

Stoneville2.2 mi away

1%18

Clarksdale57.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%484

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

How far

How far Leland commutes

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

46%

20%

10%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leland are

1,113 jobs are based in Leland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leland

1,113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Leland residents hold

1,405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+26%

Jobs based in Leland, 2013 → 2023: 880 → 1,113. 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.