Work & commute · Maben

Work & commute in Maben, MS

Most working residents leave Maben for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Starkville (23%), Columbus (6%) and Tupelo (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 Maben residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maben.

294live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maben goes to work

Starkville15.9 mi away

23%68

Columbus38.9 mi away

6%18

Tupelo53.4 mi away

4%12

Eupora11.4 mi away

2%7

Houston24 mi away

2%7

West Point24.6 mi away

2%7

Oxford61 mi away

2%5

Jackson107.8 mi away

2%5

Mathiston2.8 mi away

1%4

Forest85.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%157

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

How far

How far Maben commutes

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

46%

17%

34%

4%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maben is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maben are

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

Jobs based in Maben

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Maben residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−86%

Jobs based in Maben, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 29. 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.