Work & commute · Meridian Station

Work & commute in Meridian Station, MS

Most working residents leave Meridian Station for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Meridian (46%), Jackson (4%) and Philadelphia (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 164 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 159 Meridian Station residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 724 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meridian Station.

159live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

724work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meridian Station goes to work

Meridian12.3 mi away

46%76

Jackson95 mi away

4%7

Meridian Station (in town)right here

3%5

Philadelphia33.8 mi away

2%4

Morton62.9 mi away

2%3

Forest52.3 mi away

2%3

Tupelo119.2 mi away

2%3

Marion8.6 mi away

1%2

Waynesboro60.2 mi away

1%2

Ridgeland91 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%57

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

How far

How far Meridian Station commutes

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

12%

48%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meridian Station is a job hub

4.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meridian Station are

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

Jobs based in Meridian Station

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs Meridian Station residents hold

164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+334%

Jobs based in Meridian Station, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 729. 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.