Work & commute · Marks

Work & commute in Marks, MS

Most working residents leave Marks for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (9%), Batesville (9%) and Clarksdale (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

105 of 630 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 525 Marks residents head out of town to work, 105 work right here, and 388 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marks.

525live here, work elsewhere

105live and work here

388work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marks goes to work

Marks (in town)right here

17%105

Memphis, TN61.6 mi away

9%57

Batesville20.4 mi away

9%54

Clarksdale17.4 mi away

6%40

Olive Branch54.4 mi away

3%22

Oxford42.5 mi away

3%18

Southaven51.1 mi away

3%17

Tunica Resorts39.5 mi away

2%12

Holly Springs59.4 mi away

2%10

Senatobia29.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%285

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

How far

How far Marks commutes

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

25%

24%

18%

33%

25%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marks is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Marks are

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

Jobs based in Marks

493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Marks residents hold

630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−15%

Jobs based in Marks, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 493. 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.