Work & commute · Mathiston

Work & commute in Mathiston, MS

Most working residents leave Mathiston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Starkville (12%), Eupora (8%) and Columbus (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 331 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 318 Mathiston residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mathiston.

318live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mathiston goes to work

Starkville18 mi away

12%39

Eupora8.8 mi away

8%27

Columbus41.5 mi away

5%15

Tupelo55.4 mi away

4%14

Mathiston (in town)right here

4%13

Houston25.7 mi away

3%11

West Point27.4 mi away

3%10

Jackson105.4 mi away

3%9

Greenwood61.8 mi away

2%5

Ridgeland97.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%183

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

How far

How far Mathiston commutes

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

18%

30%

23%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mathiston is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mathiston are

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

Jobs based in Mathiston

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mathiston residents hold

331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+195%

Jobs based in Mathiston, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 254. 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.