Work & commute · Meadville

Work & commute in Meadville, MS

Most working residents leave Meadville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (13%), Bude (7%) and Hattiesburg (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

22 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Meadville residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadville.

144live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadville goes to work

Meadville (in town)right here

13%22

Brookhaven27.5 mi away

13%22

Bude2.4 mi away

7%11

Hattiesburg93.6 mi away

5%8

McComb29.3 mi away

4%7

Mandeville, LA88.8 mi away

1%2

Prentiss60.6 mi away

1%2

Indianola137.4 mi away

1%2

Laurel103.8 mi away

1%2

Natchez29.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%86

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

How far

How far Meadville commutes

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

26%

28%

38%

26%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadville is a job hub

4.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadville are

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

Jobs based in Meadville

702 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Meadville residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+20%

Jobs based in Meadville, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 702. 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.