Work & commute · Lumberton

Work & commute in Lumberton, MS

Most working residents leave Lumberton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (27%), Purvis (7%) and Poplarville (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 501 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 461 Lumberton residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lumberton.

461live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lumberton goes to work

Hattiesburg22.4 mi away

27%136

Lumberton (in town)right here

8%40

Purvis10.2 mi away

7%36

Poplarville12.2 mi away

4%18

Laurel50.7 mi away

3%16

Columbia27.5 mi away

3%15

Ellisville43.4 mi away

2%11

Jackson100.8 mi away

2%11

Wiggins21.6 mi away

2%9

Petal27.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%204

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

How far

How far Lumberton commutes

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

19%

43%

16%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lumberton is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lumberton are

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

Jobs based in Lumberton

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lumberton residents hold

501 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−25%

Jobs based in Lumberton, 2013 → 2023: 373 → 281. 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.