Work & commute · Magnolia

Work & commute in Magnolia, MS

Most working residents leave Magnolia for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are McComb (27%), Brookhaven (5%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

92 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 594 Magnolia residents head out of town to work, 92 work right here, and 1,237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Magnolia.

594live here, work elsewhere

92live and work here

1,237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Magnolia goes to work

McComb5.8 mi away

27%186

Magnolia (in town)right here

13%92

Brookhaven29 mi away

5%37

Jackson81.2 mi away

5%33

Hattiesburg68.8 mi away

3%20

Hammond, LA45.3 mi away

2%17

Baton Rouge, LA63.3 mi away

2%15

Hazlehurst48.8 mi away

1%9

Natchez60.1 mi away

1%9

Ridgeland89.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%261

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

How far

How far Magnolia commutes

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

51%

11%

32%

51%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Magnolia is a job hub

1.94jobs 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 Magnolia are

1,329 jobs are based in Magnolia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Magnolia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Magnolia

1,329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Magnolia residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

−32%

Jobs based in Magnolia, 2013 → 2023: 1,942 → 1,329. 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.