Work & commute · McComb

Work & commute in McComb, MS

About one in 3 of McComb’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (5%), Magnolia (4%) and Hattiesburg (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

1,471 of 4,177 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,706 McComb residents head out of town to work, 1,471 work right here, and 7,641 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McComb.

2,706live here, work elsewhere

1,471live and work here

7,641work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McComb goes to work

McComb (in town)right here

35%1,471

Brookhaven23.3 mi away

5%215

Magnolia5.8 mi away

4%174

Hattiesburg68.3 mi away

3%139

Jackson75.6 mi away

3%118

Baton Rouge, LA67.8 mi away

2%76

Natchez57.7 mi away

2%68

Summit2.5 mi away

1%56

Flowood79 mi away

1%45

Collins60.1 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,772

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

How far

How far McComb commutes

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

49%

35%

49%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McComb is a job hub

2.18jobs 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 McComb are

9,112 jobs are based in McComb. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McComb’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McComb

9,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs McComb residents hold

4,177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−4%

Jobs based in McComb, 2013 → 2023: 9,535 → 9,112. 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.