Work & commute · Lexington

Work & commute in Lexington, MS

Most working residents leave Lexington for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (9%), Greenwood (6%) and Canton (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

50 of 482 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 432 Lexington residents head out of town to work, 50 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lexington.

432live here, work elsewhere

50live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lexington goes to work

Lexington (in town)right here

10%50

Jackson56.2 mi away

9%41

Greenwood28.6 mi away

6%30

Canton35.9 mi away

5%22

Flowood54 mi away

3%13

Ridgeland48.4 mi away

2%10

Gluckstadt40.9 mi away

2%9

Pearl58.5 mi away

2%8

Durant11.4 mi away

1%6

Yazoo City27.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%287

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

How far

How far Lexington commutes

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

18%

12%

34%

36%

18%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lexington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lexington are

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

Jobs based in Lexington

659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lexington residents hold

482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+4%

Jobs based in Lexington, 2013 → 2023: 635 → 659. 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.