Work & commute · Louisville

Work & commute in Louisville, MS

About one in 3 of Louisville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Starkville (6%), Philadelphia (4%) and Jackson (2%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

811 of 2,088 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,277 Louisville residents head out of town to work, 811 work right here, and 3,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisville.

1,277live here, work elsewhere

811live and work here

3,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisville goes to work

Louisville (in town)right here

39%811

Starkville26.9 mi away

6%120

Philadelphia24.3 mi away

4%74

Jackson87.4 mi away

2%48

Columbus45.9 mi away

2%45

Pearl River25 mi away

2%37

Tupelo81.4 mi away

2%34

Ackerman14.6 mi away

1%26

Meridian55.3 mi away

1%26

West Point40.5 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%844

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

How far

How far Louisville commutes

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

44%

19%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisville is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisville are

4,039 jobs are based in Louisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisville

4,039 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Louisville residents hold

2,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+30%

Jobs based in Louisville, 2013 → 2023: 3,112 → 4,039. 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.