Work & commute · Mendenhall

Work & commute in Mendenhall, MS

Most working residents leave Mendenhall for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (12%), Magee (8%) and Flowood (5%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

87 of 871 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 784 Mendenhall residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 1,286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mendenhall.

784live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

1,286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mendenhall goes to work

Jackson31.7 mi away

12%107

Mendenhall (in town)right here

10%87

Magee10 mi away

8%68

Flowood28.5 mi away

5%42

Richland25.2 mi away

4%37

Ridgeland36.3 mi away

4%35

Laurel46.3 mi away

3%24

Pearl25.2 mi away

3%24

Hattiesburg55.6 mi away

3%22

Florence20 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%410

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

How far

How far Mendenhall commutes

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

20%

14%

46%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mendenhall is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mendenhall are

1,373 jobs are based in Mendenhall. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mendenhall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mendenhall

1,373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Mendenhall residents hold

871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+5%

Jobs based in Mendenhall, 2013 → 2023: 1,309 → 1,373. 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.