Work & commute · Mize

Work & commute in Mize, MS

Most working residents leave Mize for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Magee (17%), Collins (6%) and Laurel (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 115 Mize residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mize.

115live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mize goes to work

Magee10.6 mi away

17%20

Collins15.1 mi away

6%7

Laurel26.8 mi away

6%7

Jackson49.5 mi away

6%7

Taylorsville7.4 mi away

5%6

Raleigh11.7 mi away

4%5

Ridgeland52.4 mi away

4%5

Pearl42.2 mi away

3%4

Clinton57.1 mi away

3%3

Mendenhall19.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%50

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

How far

How far Mize commutes

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

43%

24%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mize is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mize are

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

Jobs based in Mize

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Mize residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+45%

Jobs based in Mize, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 32. 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.