Work & commute · Magee

Work & commute in Magee, MS

Most working residents leave Magee for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (8%), Hattiesburg (5%) and Mendenhall (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

288 of 1,504 working residents

Typical commute

36 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 1,216 Magee residents head out of town to work, 288 work right here, and 3,086 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magee.

1,216live here, work elsewhere

288live and work here

3,086work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magee goes to work

Magee (in town)right here

19%288

Jackson41.5 mi away

8%123

Hattiesburg46.1 mi away

5%72

Mendenhall10 mi away

4%60

Laurel36.7 mi away

4%55

Collins18.3 mi away

3%48

Flowood37.6 mi away

3%46

Richland35.1 mi away

3%45

Ridgeland45.5 mi away

2%33

Brookhaven46.3 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%708

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

How far

How far Magee commutes

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

31%

11%

41%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magee is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Magee are

3,374 jobs are based in Magee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Magee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Magee

3,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Magee residents hold

1,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−15%

Jobs based in Magee, 2013 → 2023: 3,989 → 3,374. 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.