Work & commute · Lena

Work & commute in Lena, MS

Most working residents leave Lena for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Carthage (15%), Jackson (6%) and Morton (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 68 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 68 Lena residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lena.

68live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lena goes to work

Carthage11 mi away

15%10

Jackson40.8 mi away

6%4

Morton17.6 mi away

4%3

Forest17.6 mi away

4%3

Philadelphia30.2 mi away

4%3

Meridian54.7 mi away

4%3

Sebastopol15.3 mi away

3%2

Laurel67.7 mi away

3%2

Ridgeland35.1 mi away

3%2

Madison32.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%34

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

How far

How far Lena commutes

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

35%

40%

24%

1%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lena is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lena are

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

Jobs based in Lena

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Lena residents hold

68 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−35%

Jobs based in Lena, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 13. 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.