Work & commute · Macon

Work & commute in Macon, MS

About one in 4 of Macon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (9%), Starkville (4%) and West Point (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

187 of 778 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 591 Macon residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macon.

591live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

864work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macon goes to work

Macon (in town)right here

24%187

Columbus28 mi away

9%73

Starkville28.3 mi away

4%35

West Point34 mi away

3%25

Tupelo80 mi away

3%24

Louisville28.8 mi away

2%18

Jackson111.2 mi away

2%15

Brooksville8 mi away

1%11

Shuqualak9.9 mi away

1%9

Meridian51.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%372

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

How far

How far Macon commutes

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

36%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Macon are

1,051 jobs are based in Macon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Macon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Macon

1,051 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Macon residents hold

778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+10%

Jobs based in Macon, 2013 → 2023: 957 → 1,051. 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.