Work & commute · Merigold

Work & commute in Merigold, MS

Most working residents leave Merigold for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (31%), Mound Bayou (5%) and Clarksdale (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 154 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 146 Merigold residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merigold.

146live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merigold goes to work

Cleveland6.6 mi away

31%47

Mound Bayou2.9 mi away

5%8

Merigold (in town)right here

5%8

Clarksdale26.1 mi away

3%5

Olive Branch92.2 mi away

3%4

Boyle9.2 mi away

2%3

Ruleville12.8 mi away

2%3

Greenwood37.8 mi away

2%3

Ridgeland103.1 mi away

2%3

Greenville36.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%67

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

How far

How far Merigold commutes

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

56%

10%

27%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merigold is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Merigold are

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

Jobs based in Merigold

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Merigold residents hold

154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month32%

+5%

Jobs based in Merigold, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 80. 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.